Accession Number: 2009.24.16.834
Description: BW studio photograph of head and shoulders of Marie-Jeanne Tavoukjian, a young woman with neck length dark wavey hair, wearing a strand of pearls around her neck and a dark wool jacket; stamped on back, "Ted Polumbaum, Newtonville, Mass."; Perkins Institution label pasted to back.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Date: ca. 1954
Photographer: Ted Polumbaum
History/Provenance: Tavoukdjian, a teacher at the Swiss Mission School for Blind in Beirut, Lebabon, spent two years being trained at the Perkins School, funded by a scholarship from the John Milton Society. She was featured in the June 1954 issue of the "J.M.S.--age" newsletter.
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Lebanon Schools for the blind and visually impaired Teachers
