Ted Hull and Stevie Wonder at Japanese High School for the Blind

Photograph

Accession Number: 2016.8.15

Description: Color, Ted Hull and Stevie Wonder at table with Japanese man in dark suit and two young blind Japanese men in the secondary school at the National Education School for the Blind in Tokyo; Hull sits at far left in blue suit and thick glasses; Wonder is in center, smiling for camera, wear dark sunglasses and a brown silk suit, he is shaking hands with student to right, who holds a long cane in his other hand.

Medium: Photographic Paper

Print Size: 8 x 10"

Date: 1968

History/Provenance: From Motor City Radio Flashbacks, March 2, 1968, "The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas left town recently to participate in the Motortown Revue Japanese Festival which will tour Japan for one month. The artists have been scheduled for TV appearances, concerts, and will entertain U.S. troops stationed in areas in and around Japan. . . . " At the time of their visit, the school was known as the National Education School for the Blind, associated with the Tokyo University of Education. It was the oldest school for the blind in Japan, founded as Rakuzen Kai Kunmoin, in 1880. The school was moved, along with the university campus in 1978, to Tsukuba, Japan.

Credit Line: Gift of Ted Hull, 2016.8

Subjects: Education of disabled persons Japan Musicians