Loyal Apple at 1977 Trade Show in Tokyo

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2021.5.27-31

Description: Five (5) color prints; .27: Claire Apple, little girl in red dress, holds up a crayfish as two Japanese men sitting at a table look on; the table is littered with dishes of food and beer bottles; .28: Loyal Apple sits at a table with his daughter Claire and talks with his Japanese host; .29: Man in dark suit and tie, Mr. Tsuguiuchi, stands in front of American Foundation for the Blind booth; .30: Man in dark suit and tie, Mr. Tsuguiuchi, demonstrates a talking electronic calculator to a blind man in an American Foundation for the Blind booth at a trade show; .31: Man in gray suit and tie, Loyal Apple, explores a product in the American Foundation for the Blind booth; man in dark suit and tie, Mr. Tsuguiuchi, is obscured behind him.

Medium: Photographic Paper

Print Size: 3.5 x 4.5"

Date: 1977

History/Provenance: While Executive Director of AFB, Loyal "Gene" Apple visited the AFB Booth at a trade show in Tokyo in November 1977, and while in Japan, visited with several of the members of an O&M class he taught with his wife Marianne in 1971.

Credit Line: Gift of Marianne Apple, 2021.5.

Subjects: Japan Orientation and mobility Eating & drinking Toilets