Accession Number: 2009.24.16.1326-1337
Description: BW photo postcards tinted in shades of blue and green; printed "Carte Postale, Union Postale Universelle"; .1326: Young men gathered around wooden workbenches working with chisels, planes, scroll saws, and other tools, with instructors looking on; captioned "Deaf Japanese Students being Trained in Carpentry"; .1327: Young men and women wearing white coats and surgical masks massaging the limbs of older men lying on tables covered with patterned blankets; large windows in the left background; captioned "Blind boys and girls being trained in massage in one of the schools for the blind in Japan"; .1328: Two people lying down on tables under striped blankets with their heads raised on blocks, a third sits up on the table; each is having their limbs or shoulders massaged or treated by young men in white coats; two electronic devices with numerous dials have wires leading to pads being used in the treatments; a bright window fills the background in this sunny room; captioned "Blind boys and girls being trained in massage in one of the schools for the blind in Japan"; .1329: Large meeting hall with large windows on sides; rows of wooden pews divided by two aisles leading to raised stage and upright piano; .1330: Large two-story stone building with tiled roof, two wings angled away from viewer; a bridge across a canal or steambead in foreground; .1331: Students exercising in tree-lined courtyard outside one of the wings of the building seen in .1330; captioned "Blind Children at Play Outside One of the School Buildings for the Blind in Japan"; .1332: Students sit in semi-circle around adult teacher in classroom; on the right five boys are dressed in a dark school uniform, other boys are dressed in a light uniform, but the girls are dressed not uniformly; each student holds a card mounted on a handle; in the center, a girl and a boy stand with their cards raised in front of their faces; .1333: Boys play a ball game on a sunny courtyard outside a two story building with a tiled roof; .1334: Students sitting at desk in classroom, some reading braille, others using an abacus; a male teacher leans over one student, guiding her hands; captioned "Blind Japanese Children Learning to Read Braille"; .1335: Young men and women wearing white coats and surgical masks massaging the limbs of older men lying on tables covered with patterned blankets; large windows in the left background; .1336: Six girls sitting on knees on tatami mats indoors; three play kotos on the floor in front of each, a long 13-string plucked half-tube zither-like instrument; one holds and plucks a shemisen, a three stringed Japanese guitar; two kneel with their hands in their laps; a female teacher in kimono kneels behind the girls in front of a storage cabinet; captioned "Blind Japanese Girls Playing the Japanese Harp"; .1337: Students in a classroom, both boys and girls, operating sewing machines; garment construction notes are chalked on a blackboard, and two clothing models are set on a head table; a teacher in a kimono stands over one of the girls.
Medium: Paper
Date: ca. 1950
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Abacus Braille Buildings Calisthenics Carpentry Classrooms Deaf persons Education of disabled persons Games Japan Massage Music education Musical instruments Schools for the blind and visually impaired Sewing Sewing machines Vocational guidance
