Accession Number: 2016.8.18
Description: Color, Stevie Wonder in class at the Michigan School for the Blind, seated at wooden tablet-style desk, taking notes in braille with a pocket slate/stylus; Wonder wears a blue sweater, blue-green slacks, and dark sunglasses; a row of other students extends behind him in the background; the student immediately behind him also uses a pocket slate, while the student beyond leans over to see better as he writes in a notebook with an inkpen.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 10 x 7.375"
Date: ca. 1968
History/Provenance: Ted Hull was hired by Motown Records in 1963 to serve as Stevie Wonder's traveling tutor and road manager. When Wonder was back in Michigan, he lived and attended class at the Michigan School for the Blind in Lansing. The arrangement ended after Wonder's high school graduation in 1969.
Credit Line: Gift of Ted Hull, 2016.8
Subjects: Blind children Braille Education of disabled persons Musicians
