Accession Number: 2009.24.16.1314-1319
Description: BW prints; .1314: Large group of smiling children gathered in close for camera; captioned "Deaf children in Matsuyama awaiting our coming 10/8/48"; .1315: Four girls in traditional print kimonos hold fans and strike a pose on a small curtained stage; captioned "Blind Japanese Children dancing, Matsuyama--Shikoku Japan, 10/8/1948"; .1316: Large group of children and adults, many wearing soft floppy hats, on a brush covered hillside behind a pot on a smoking fire; captioned "Blind children at a summer camp, Matsuyama Japan"; .1317: Group photo of large number of men and women with tile roofed building and brush covered hillside in background; captioned "Conf. of teachers for the Blind at Matsuyama--Oct 1-6, 1948"; .1318: Group photo of children and adults in swimwear on a beach in front of a tree-covered rocky cliff; captioned "Blind and deaf children on the shores of the Inland Sea--picnicing for a day, Matsuyama, Japan"; .1319: Group photo of children on a lawn in front of wooden cabins; captioned "Blind and Deaf Japanese children in Summer School along the Inland Sea. Matsuyama, Japan".
Medium: Photographic Paper
Date: 1948
History/Provenance: Milton and Marjorie Stauffer visited Matsuyama in October 1948 as part of Helen Keller's visit to the Islands.
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Beaches Blind children Camping Camps Dance Deaf persons Education of disabled persons Japan Kimonos Summer Teachers of the blind and visually impaired
