Social Hour in the Younger Boys’ Cottage

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2004.134.48.3

Description: Black-and-white glossy; there are two young boys sitting on the ground in foreground and they are both reading braille; there is a boy sitting in rocking chair to the left of the photo; and to the right of the photo, there is woman sitting in chair with two boys sitting on each side of her, and they are also reading in braille; in the background, on the left side, there is a partial window with bird cage sitting on the window edge and a curtain, and parallel to the window, there is another window that has curtains and plant and bird cage sitting on the edge. On the back of the photo, lightly stamped in black ink "From H. Parker Rolfe 100 West Montgomery Ave., Ardmore, PA." and "Penna. Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, 64th & Malvern Avenue, Overbrook, Phila."

Medium: Photographic Paper

Print Size: 7.5" (h) x 9" (w)

History/Provenance: Pennsylvania photographer H. Parker Rolfe died in 1936 listed in The Pennsylvania Institution For the Instruction of the Blind, Overbrook 1936 104th Annual Reports as their official photographer.

Credit Line: (see provenance)

Subjects: Braille Photographs Reading