Accession Number: 2009.24.16.1196
Description: BW print; Japanese man in striped suit and tie, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, stands behind a long table covered with a tablecloth and tableware, a stand microphone to his side; Helen Keller, in a white dress, pearls and flowered hat, holds her hand as Polly Thompson fingerspells to her off camera; a woman in a kimono with shiny bands around her torso, Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu, sits at left; captioned "Reception for Helen Keller at the Industrial Club, Tokyo"; stamped "Official Signal Corps Photo".
Medium: Photographic Paper
Date: 5-Sep-48
Photographer: Orzio
History/Provenance: Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, brother to Emperor Hirohito, and his wife Kikuko hosted a reception for Helen Keller on Seprember 5th, 1948 at the Industrial Club in Tokyo.
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Japan Blindness
