Accession Number: 2009.24.16.19
Description: Black-and-white glossy; outdoor photo; front row: four young girls sitting on a mat(?) on the ground, all but one holding dolls; second row: six girls of various ages sitting on a bench (youngest two are holding dolls) and, at center, with hair pulled back, is Mary Lovell; back row: six older girls standing, all but one are knitting. Everyone wears long dresses/skirts; the younger girls also wear pinafore aprons. On reverse handwritten in ink: "Miss Lovell." Mary Lovell, an English missionary and teacher, established a home for blind girls in Palestine in the 1890s.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 5" (h) x 7" (w)
Date: ca. 1895
History/Provenance: Received with John Milton Society for the Blind (JMS) records from the American Foundation for the Blind.
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Blind children Schools for the blind and visually impaired Photographs
