Accession Number: 2001.43
Summary/Description: A narrative that includes information about notable blind people, schools for blind students, and a description of an exhibition of students using various educational aids at the Institution for the Blind in Philadelphia. Brown clothbound boards. "Church of the Epiphany. Philadelphia. Sunday School. Presented by the Rector 1837" is gold-stamped on the front cover inside a decorative border. "The Blind Made Happy" is gold-stamped on the back cover. Includes two embossed pages at the front: a map ("Executed at the Institution for the Blind, Boston") and a title page in Boston line letter. Includes a frontispiece engraving of the Institution for the Blind at Philadelphia. "By S.C. M-" is handwritten in ink on the print title page.
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2001.43.
Publisher: Scofield & Voorhies
Publisher Place: New York
Publish Date: 1837
Subjects: Blindness Education Instructional aids, tools, and supplies Schools for the blind and visually impaired
Physical Description: 108 p. : ill., tactile graphic ; 6 x 4 x .5 in.
