Accession Number: 2009.24.16.683-687
Description: .683: Group shot of girls at the school in six ranks with the smallest children sitting in front on the ground; 5.75 x 8"; .684: Group shot of boys at the school in five ranks with the smallest children sitting in front on the ground; 5.875 x 8.125"; .685: Indian boy working an overshot loom with samples of completed woven goods spread out in front of the loom; at left another boy spins thread onto a reel; .686: Group shot of the staff at the school, posed in three ranks of men and women; 6.375 x 8.5"; .687: Young Indian boy sits on the ground with a large frame on his lap; twelve wires on the frame are strung with large wooden beads numbering from 3 beads on the far left to 14 beads on the far right; 7.25 x 5.125".
Medium: Photographic Paper
Date: ca. 1951
History/Provenance: The School for the Blind at Palayamkottai was founded as a girl's school in 1890 by Anne Jane Askwith, principal of Sarah Tucker College.
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Abacus Asia India Schools for the blind and visually impaired Spinning Weaving
