Accession Number: 2009.24.16.174
Description: Photo 1: black-and-white glossy. A girl sits and plays an upright piano while a girl stands and sings next to her. A music book is open on the keyboard and an object is holding down the left pages. The girl who is singing has an open music book on top of the piano. They are outside, with a fence nearby and a building visible in the near distance. Photo 2: black-and-white glossy. Three males--a teacher, a student who is blind--and a soldier in the ROK army--are standing outside near a tent, in front of a building and open-backed vehicle, and behind a wooden table. All are using abacuses. The teacher is wearing light-colored pants and a dark button-up jacket. The student is wearing a light-colored shirt. The soldier is wearing an ROK army uniform, including helmet. Photo 3: Front: black-and-white glossy. Three male students who are blind are giving massages to three ROK army soldiers. The students are standing while the soldiers are reclining on an elevated surface. The soldiers are in their ROK army uniforms. The student on the left wears dark, circular glasses and a dark long-sleeved, buttoned-up shirt. The center student wears dark, circular glasses and a dark sport coat. The student on the right wears a light-colored (khaki?) jacket. Two of the soldiers who are lying down are resting their heads atop their helmets. Reverse: "3" handwritten in ink in top left corner; typewritten, "The blind students have learned to massage and are massaging the R.O.K. soldiers." Description: "B" handwritten in black ink at top center; typewritten in black ink, "Practice of the courses for profession of blind students. 1). Music study: Kang Wha Soon, a blind student is practising her song by braille notes. 2). Abacus contest of blind student: Kim Chong Ho, a blind student is doing abacus contest with Mr. Ha (left), a Grammer School teacher, and ROKA M.P. (right) Sgt. Nam. In this contest Mr. Ha and Sgt. Nam made two or three times of mistake out of ten turns, but the blind student has done with no mistake. 3). One of maincourse of our education is massage. This is the picture of massage practice. There are 10 students who mastered it and are living on it. .174a: Photos 1 and 2 with backing paper and description .174b: Photo 3
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 2.25" (h) x 3" (w)
Photographer: Not identified
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: Abacus Blind persons Braille Braille music notation Competition (Psychology) Fences Games Keyboard instruments Korea (South) Massage Masseurs Mathematical instruments Mathematics Military life Military occupations Military personnel Military uniforms Military vehicles Music Music education Music for the blind and visually impaired Musical instruments Musical notation Outbuildings Outdoor furniture Pianists Piano music Piano music Pianos Schools for the blind and visually impaired Singers Singing Sitting Soldiers Standing Teachers Teachers of the blind and visually impaired Tents Vehicles Vocational education Vocational guidance War
