Accession Number: 2009.24.16.532-539
Description: .532 Sepia tone print; Burmese man in black suit standing above six children with flowers in background; captioned "Luke Po Kai + his 3 sighted children + 3 b. children of school"; 3.375 x 2.375"; .533 Sepia tone print; group of children stand on the porch of a brick building, dressed in white longyi, a traditional Burmese skirt, and blousey shirts; a young man in similar garb stands at left; captioned "Children once in St. Michael's S. for B. Rangoon. Now dispersed--waitig for re-opening; 3.375 x 2.375"; .534 Sepia tone print; four boys, two standing, two sitting in white longyi and blousey shirts, stand in front of flowering shrubs; captioned "B. children waiting for S. for B. to re-open in Rangoon"; 3.375 x 2.375"; .535: BW print; Co Cyril, a man dressed in white sits in the center with his hands on a braille book; he is flanked on the left by Reverend V. Maung Gale and on the right by Reverend G. A. West, Bishop of Rangoon; captioned "Ko Cyril--a student for the Anglican Priesthood reading braille. He read a portion of scripture at the dedication of the Christian dispensary at Kemmendine, Rangoon, Burma, 1950"; .536: BW print; Burmese boy wearing a wrinkled shirt with the sleeves rolled up sits at worn table reading a tactile book; the book is worn and the spine is cracked; a pair of double doors with paned windows is behind him; captioned "Burmese man reading the Braille Bible in Burmese, at St. Michael's School for the Blind, Kemmendine, Rangoon. May 1951"; 8x10"; .537: BW print; playground scene with Burmese boys on large slide and two teeter-totters; tile roofed buildings in background with a pair of water towers in far background; 8x10"; .538: BW print; Burmese woman sits at large barn frame fly shuttle loom; a second loom can be seen in the right background; 8x10"; .539: BW print; staff at St. Michael's School for the Blind arranged in three formal rows in front of an arched entrance at the school; the school sign is partially seen overhead; 8x10".
Medium: Photographic Paper
History/Provenance: A school for blind children was opened at St.Michael's Mission operated by the Anglican Church in the Rangoon suburb of Kemmendine. As late as 1965, St. Michaels remained the only center for rehabilitation of people who were blind in Burma.
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Asia Braille Burma Education of disabled persons Playgrounds Schools for the blind and visually impaired Vocational education Weaving
