Kokab Farshi

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.383-.384

Description: .383: BW print of bust image of woman, Kokab Farshi; her eyes are closed; dark hair pulled back, dark top; stamped on back, "Ted Polumbaum, 123 Norwood Avenue, Newtonville, Mass."; 8 x 10" .384: original negative for same in poor condition; 4.75 x 7".

Medium: Photographic Paper

Date: ca. 1955

Photographer: Polumbaum, Ted

History/Provenance: Kokab Farshi was a teacher at the Nur Ayin Home for the Blind in Isfahan, Iran who studied handictaft training at the Perkins Schol in 1955, funded by a scholarship from the John Milton Society.

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24

Subjects: Schools for the blind and visually impaired Teachers