Accession Number: 2009.24.16.639-649
Description: BW Prints; .639: Indian boy, naed except for simple wrap around his waist; looks up with his hands cupped, standing on flagstoned sidewalk; 6.5 x 4.5"; .640: Three Indian girls smile as they polish shiny vases; captioned "Our orphan girls at work, with Christmas greetings, Nilmanu Rajas Dongre, Xmas 1951"; 3.375 x 5.5"; .642: Indian woman with her hands on a page of braille; captioned "Priti Gaiwad reading braille, Ramabai Mukti Misson Kedgaon, Poona Dist. India"; 3.5 x 4.75"; .642: Indian woman wearing sari sits at low table with a Taylor Slate; captioned "Janki Dongre Arithmetic Board"; 3.5 x 4.75"; .643: Indian woman wearing sari sits on ground in front of low table writing braille on a desk slate; captioned "Kamala Anant Writing Braille"; 3.5 x 4.75"; .644: Indian woman wearing sari explores a tactile map mounted to a brick wall while a Caucasian woman in a dress looks on; captioned Sumati Jadhav (feeling Braille map . Miss Craddock is standing beside her) September, 1948"; 4.375 x 2.5"; .645: Caucasian woman with her gray hair pulled back, wearing a dress, crouches in a dirt courtyard holding a small clock; an Indian girl wearing a simple dress stands beside her, her hand being guided to the clock by the woman; captioned "Blind young 'shalini' is learning to read a braille clock. Miss Craddock is teaching her."; 4.375 x 2.5"; .646: Two Indian girls sit on lawn with low wooden table in front of them, their hands on tactile pages; an Indian woman wearing a sari, sits opposite them, guiding the hands of the right hand girl; captioned, "Sovi + Rajas reading with Kamal teaching"; 4.375 x 2.5"; .647: Indiam woman sits on floor with a small loom in front of her; a second worker and other equipment is seen in the background; 2.375 x 2.375"; .648; An Indian girl wearing a sari sits at a bench, wrting braille on a Stainsby Wayne Braillewriter; captioned "...ndumati Mahadu writing. September, 1948"; 2.626 x 2.25"; .649 Group of Indian women and girls sit on floor of room in rows; a bench with books and a woven stool are in the foreground; captioned "Group sitting om the school verandah with Mrs. Lanback in the background."; 2.375 x 2.375".
Medium: Photographic Paper
Date: ca. 1948
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Asia Beggars Braille Braillewriters India Maps Schools for the blind and visually impaired Teachers Vocational Education Weaving
