Accession Number: 2009.24.16.20
Description: Black-and-white glossy; side view of a woman, Sitt Arkade, bending over a young boy who is blind to guide his hands across holes in a tactile arithmetic slate. Letters HKH [Helen Keller House] are handwritten in ink on reverse of photo. From a series of photographs described in notes as taken at the "Home for Blind Boys sponsored by Helen Keller House, Beit Hanina" (then in Jordan); contact sheets for those photographs have "Bible Lands" on edge. The Bible Lands Society ran the home.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 4.75 x 4.75"
Date: ca. 1964
History/Provenance: Received with John Milton Society for the Blind (JMS) records from the American Foundation for the Blind.
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Blind children Instructional aids, tools, and supplies Mathematics Schools for the blind and visually impaired -- Jordan Photographs
