Taipei Talking Book Library

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.392-.411

Description: .392: BW print; woman with her hair pulled back in a soundproofed booth reading from an open book into a pair of microphones leading to a reel-to-reel recorder; 2.75 x 4.125"; .393: BW print; woman with shoulder length hair in a soundproofed booth reading from an open book into a pair of microphones leading to a reel-to-reel recorder; 2.75 x 4.125"; .394: BW print; stuccoed building with an attached shed on left; entry door on right; sign above door reads, in Chinese and English, "The Taipei Talking Book Library for the Blind; a air conditioner pokes from one window; 2.5 x 4"; .395: BW print; stuccoed building; entry door on right flanked by two potted shrubs; sign above door reads, in Chinese and English, "The Taipei Talking Book Library for the Blind; a air conditioner pokes from one window; 3 x 4.375"; .396: BW print; five men sit in row in front of row of five reel-to-reel tape machines; they wear headphones connected to the players; 3 x 4.5"; .397: BW print; six people, three men and three women, sit at a table covered with a white tablecloth; all wear dark glasses; on the table are stacks of vinyl records and audio cassettes; there are two portable cassette players on the table and the people are listening via small earpieces; 2.5 x 4"; .398: BW print; six people, three men and three women, sit at a table covered with a white tablecloth; all wear dark glasses; on the table are stacks of vinyl records and audio cassettes; there are two portable cassette players on the table and the people are listening via small earpieces; 2.5 x 4"; .399: BW print; four people sit at tables pushed together, three women and a man (Jimmy Chi); they appear to be labeling and packaging audio book cassettes; 2.75 x 4.125"; .400: BW print; shelves loaded with reel-to-reel tape machines, audio cassette machines; labeled audio cassettes, and boxes of audio tapes; 4.5 x 3"; .401: BW print; shelves loaded with cassette tapes; 4.5 x 3"; 402: BW print; differerent angle of shelves seen in .400 and .401; shelves loaded with cassette tapes; 4.5 x 3"; .403: BW print; table with line of reel-to-reel tape machines with headphones stacked on top of them; 2.75 x 4.25"; .404: Color print; three women and a man (Jimmy Chi) stand in front of a stuccoed building in front of a doorway; sign above the door reads in Chinese and English, "The Taipei Talking Book Library for the Blind"; the women wear mini-skirts; Jimmy Chi wears a shortsleeve shirt, red tie, and dark glasses; 5 x 3.5"; .405: BW print; children sitting around a long table threading needles; each has thread and a pin cushion; and a small white rectangle; a crowd of interested adults, some with cameras, lean over them watching; 3 x 4.375"; .406: BW print; children sitting around a long table reading and writing braille on desk slates; a crowd of interested adults lean over them watching; 3 x 4.375" .407: Color print; detail of scene in .405, children threading needles, with adults leaning over nehind them to watch; 3.5 x 5"; .408: Color print; line of children at long table, each leaning over an abacus; crowd of adults watches them from behind; 3.5 x 5"; .409: Color print; a band plays, the boys all wear white shirts and khakis; windows are canted open behind them; a boy with a snare is in the left foreground; 3.5 x 5"; .410: Color print: four men sit in front of two wooden game boards; cups filled with iced drinks sit beside them; shelves of audio equipment fill the background; some of the men wear dark glasses; 3.5 x 5"; .411: Color print; man , possibly Jimmy Chi, wearing light suit, red tie, dark glasses, and a yellow ribbon, stands in front of a podium and microphone, his hands on his braille notes; there are flowers in the foreground; 3.5 x 5".

Date: ca. 1960

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24