Accession Number: 2003.71
Description: The black and white slide shows a head-and-shoulders photo of an African American man dressed in jacket and tie; beneath the image is the caption "Blind from excessive smoking."; orange mat and a glass cover sealed with black tape; manufacturer's white label affixed to the front left of the glass has a red star and reads "John F. Sweeney & Son, High Class Lanternslide, 41 East 21st St[.], New York City"; on a line for "Subject" is handwritten "X-23."
Date Made: ca. 1915
Place of Origin: New York
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2003.71
Subjects: Adult blind Blindness Health Photographs
Dimension Notes: 3 1/4 x 4 in.
Made: John F. Sweeney & Son
Material: Glass slide and cover ; paper mat ; paper tape
Updated: 03/21/2012
