Accession Number: 2009.24.16.479-499
Description: (21) BW prints; .479: Group of men sit on ground behind examples of woven mats, one holds a small look; an African woman and a Caucasian women in checked dresses stand behind them; a low building is in the background; .480: Large group of African people pose in front of the Margaretha Hugo Skool Vir Blinde Building; a campfire is in the near foreground; .481 Slightly different angle, large group of African people pose in front of the Margaretha Hugo School for the Blind Building; a campfire is in the near foreground; .482: Distant shot of Causasian man in suit and seated Caucasian woman behind flowerbed at the Sud-Afrika Union Building; .483: African man in light suit smiling for camera, holding braille book and crooked cane, standing in doorway under sign, "Margaretha Hugo Skool Vir Blinde 1941"; .484: Three African women in dresses and western hats and two African men in suits stand smiling in doorway under sign, "Margaretha Hugo Skool Vir Blinde 1941"; .485: Four African children in school uniforms stand in front of trees, each with a large braille book under one arm; .486: Six young African men and women stand smiling at the camera with a tree in the background; .487: A Caucasian woman in a checked dress stands behind a spinning wheel; an African man stands behind a small embossing press on a wooden stand; the pair stand in a sandy courtyard with the school building behind them; .488: Four young women in khaki uniforms, resembling girl scout uniforms or the like, with matching neckties and head scarves; .489: A student string band stands and sits in front of the school doorway, featuring violins, guitars, hammer dulcimer, and accordion; .490: A younger student band stands in front of the school doorway, featuring guitar, accordion, drums, tamborines, and triangles; .491: Students sit on the ground beside a building, weaving baskets, rugs, and crafting brooms; an adult in short and tie stands among them smiling, and finished products are arranged in front of them; .492: Students sit on the ground knitting garments and a boy sits at a sewing machine; finished garments are arranged on a mat in front of them; .493: Students seated in front of rock circle, possibly filled with a desert plant like Aloe, with two adults standing behind them; .494: Woman stands in front yard of grand building; .495: Large shady tree in foreground; sunny farmyard outside scattered outbuildings with a few people in picture in far background; .496: Rocks spelling large letters in sandy fenced yard; .497: African students pose in large group in front of school doorway with Causasian woman in suit and hat on far right; .498: Same Caucasian visitor from .497 standing with older Caucasian man and younger Caucasian woman in front of school entrance; the three have linked arms and smile broadly; .499: People entering a large white building labeled "Tanganyika".
Medium: Photographic Paper
Date: ca. 1952
History/Provenance: Established in 1915 and operated by the Dutch Reform Church, the Margaretha Hugo School for the Blind was registered as a school in 1927 as the first school in Southern Rhodesia providing services to students with disabilities. Because of challenges with accessibility, the school was moved to the Zimuto Mission farm in 1938.
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Africa Bands Education of disabled persons Music education Rhodesia Schools for the blind and visually impaired Scouting Vocational education Weaving
