Photograph of Sarah Huntoon

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2004.134.6.10

Description: Black-and-white glossy; copy print made in 1994 of a ca. 1910 head-and-shoulders protrait photograph of Sarah Huntoon, wife of Benjamin Bussey Huntoon. Original photograph is also held by the museum, in another accession; see related.

Medium: Photographic Paper

Print Size: 10" (h) x 8" (w)

Date: ca. 1910

Photographer: [Steffens & Berry, original photographer]

History/Provenance: Copy print was donated to the APH Museum by Patricia von Schlegell, a relative of Benjamin Bussey Huntoon, in 1994. Huntoon served as secretary and superintendent at the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) from 1871-1919. He was also superintendent of the Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) from 1871-1912. Sarah Huntoon, his wife, served as matron of KSB while her husband was the school's superintendent.

Credit Line: (see provenance)

Subjects: Huntoon, Sarah J., 1836-1919