Mt. Lavinia School for the Blind

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.796-802

Description: BW prints; .796: Young Sri Lankan children playing on ladder and platform of playground slide; .797: Sri Lankhan students at desks in a typewriting class with a teacher standing over one student; .798: Sri Lankhan students in band practice, instruments include accordion, piano, drum set, and three girls playing guitars; .799: Sri Lankan students gather around a table during a chemistry lesson; equipment visible includes a balance scale, beakers, flasks, and braille desk slates for note taking; .800: Five Sri Lankhan girls in dresses seated around a sewing machine; four are stitching with needle and thread while the other uses the machine; an adult woman wearng a sari stands behind them; .801 Two Sri Lankhan children sit on playground swings while a line of other children behind them await their turns; captioned "a few of the new admissions last term": .802: A group of Sri Lankhan children smile as they pose on the steps leading up to a covered swimming pool.

Date: 1978

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24

Subjects: Asia Chemistry Music education Playgrounds School children Schools for the blind and visually impaired Scientific equipment Sewing equipment & supplies Sri Lanka Swimming pools Typewriters