Accession Number: 2009.24.16.788-795
Description: .788: Sri Lankan man in academic robes talks with Caucasian man and woman as the three walk between two long lines of Sri Lankan girls in white dresses; captioned "The Scouts and Guides provide a guard-of-honour to the Chief Guests"; 3.5 x 4.5"; .789: A large crowd of Sri Lankan students and staff walk down a lane in front of a white building, led by a young man carrying a flag; to the left are building foundations and construction scaffolding; captioned "Old School Building"; 3.5 x 4.5"; .790: Rectangular International Style two story building under construction; building foundations in left foreground; captioned "New School Building on the Dedication Day 30-12-1976"; 4.375 x 5.875"; .791: Side view of Rectangular International Style two story building with pile of lumber on left, and wooden playground equipment in right foreground; captioned "The new workshop--picture taken on Nov. 30 when the building was handed over by the architect"; 3.5 x 5.5"; .792: Sri Lankhan man in clerical robes reaches toward a sculpture on a building porch; a crowd of students looks on at left background; other men look on intently at right; captioned "The Bishop declares open the new workshop by lighting the traditional oil lamp made of young coconut leaves"; 4.75 x 5.75"; .793: Three Sri Lankan men stand under a porch roof in front of a plaque reading "This Building Commemorated The Bounty of the John Milton Society for the Blind New York and of Other Friends 1972"; man on left wears dark suit, man in middle wears clerical robes, man on right wears light suit; decorations hang from the edge of the roof; captioned "Unveiling of the plaque by the Bishop and a member of the Board of Trustees"; 5 x 5.875"; .794 Men stand on porch, their heads bowed as Sri Lankhan man in clerical robes reads from a book in front of a stand microphone; captioned "The Bishop blessing the new workshop"; 5 x 5.875"; .795: Sri Lankhan man in white clerical robe an broad sash greets line of girls in white dresses; school official looks on from right; captioned "Our new Bishop meets the choristers after his first service at the school chapel. The Principal is behind him."; 4.25 x 4.25"
Medium: Photographic Paper
Date: ca. 1976
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Asia Buildings Clergy Dedications School children Schools for the blind and visually impaired Scouting Sri Lankha
