Photographs of O&M instructor-training exercise in Peripatology Program

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2010.36.4

Description: Color photographs show Joan McClughan, a student in the graduate Peripatology Program at Boston College, participating in a simulated O&M travel exercise conducted in Boston. She is wearing a blindfold and carrying a white cane. Photographs show McClughan: 1) in Filene's Department Store making a purchase; 2) departing a Boston Subway train; 3) walking through the downton Boston Subway station; 4) standing on an escaltor; 5) seated at a restaurant table with Bob Smith, Lois Matthews, and June Zalewski; 6) walking along a sidewalk in front of a storefront; and 7) approaching a stairway in downtown Boston, with Bob Smith a few steps ahead.

Medium: Photographic Paper

Print Size: 3 1/2 (h) x 3 1/2 (w) in.

Date: 1968

Photographer: unknown

History/Provenance: Photographs were donated to the APH Museum by Lois Matthews Umphrey, a participant in the 1968-69 class of the Peripatology Program.

Credit Line: Gift of Lois Matthews, 2010.36

Subjects: Orientation and mobility Teacher training