Accession Number: 2009.24.16.1263-1285
Description: BW prints, most stamped "Yokohama Christian School for the Blind, 181 Taken maru, Nakaku Yokohama, Japan"; .1263: Four children in line gather their hands out to catch a ball; they squat on a dirt playground; other children and a teacher watch from the background; .1264: Young women and girls sit at two tables in a sunny room lined with large windows working on needle crafts; a woman leans over one student, assisting her; captioned "sewing class at John Milton Work Shop, teacher is Mrs. Imamura"; .1265: Two prints taped together to form panoramic view of a rectangular concrete building partially obscured in front by a mortared rock wall; entry of building still supported by balloon framing; captioned "This New Mess Hall Was Donated by Many Friends in Japan in U.S.A. Include Late Dr. Draper's Bequest. The Danzy Committee Which Consist of 5 Americans and 3 Japanese Help to Build Actively. Will Completed Soon"; .1266: Room lined with large windows; wooden floor; scattered low tables with drawers; captioned "Inside of Workshop Made by the John Milton Society's Grant"; .1267: Wooden clapboard building, single story with gabled roof, large windows shielded by shingled awnings; captioned "Outside of Workshop Made by the John Milton Society's Grant"; .1268: Japanese girl and boy sitting at table; girl wears a print dress and writes braille with a desk slate; boy wears a light button up shirt and reads a large braille book; a second slate sits on the table beside his book; his hair is cut very close to his head; .1269: Snapshot of six children on a wooden see-saw on a sunny playground; a woman (Miss Ahn) in a dark kimono talks to them at the pivot of the see-saw; captioned "At first the see-saw wasn't much fun!"; .1270: Four children sit on chairs lined up against a wall, holding knitting needles and with a ball of yarn in their laps; .1271: Barefoot boy in jeans with his cuffs rolled up chases a girl in a plaid dress on a playground; he holds a large ball ready to tag her; .1272: Children kneel on tatami mats in a traditional screened Japanese room, led in prayer by a man at left; some have braille booklets on their laps; .1273: Girl and boy at table with small toy figures in their hands; the boy has his hand in front of him, gesturing as if he is speaking to the girl, who turns her head to him intently, but is not looking at him; .1274: Three teen boys examine a camera on a tripod; .1275: Young women and girls sit at two tables in a sunny room lined with large windows working on needle crafts; a woman helps at the back table; captioned "sewing class at John Milton Work Shop, teacher is Mrs. Imamura"; (see .1264); .1276: Girl in striped dress holding knitting needles; .1277: Four small boys and two small girls pose for the camera on a playground, smiling and holding small boxes: .1278: Girl in striped dress leans over, grinning and holding a ball on a rubber home plate; a boy and a second girl are lined up behind her; .1279: Girl, boy, and young man sit at wooden table, each with an abacus; .1280: Overhead view of children playing on a playground bounded by a picket fence; .1281: Large group of children in large room, holding instruments such as harmonicas, triagles, horns, cymbals, a xylophone, and tamborines; a woman at an upright piano is in back; cationed "Blind Children's Band"; .1282: Children sitting on benches outside with slates and styli on their laps; man sits on chair at front right; .1283: Boys and girls sit on upholstered furniture in circle, with braille books on their laps, led by a man wearing a black jacket and tie; .1284: Students sit at tables with braille texts; a male teacher stands behind them looking at an open booklet; .1285: Boys on a playground, wearing school uniform dark shorts and white shirts, march toward man marching backward in front of them, clapping his hands; among the boys is a little girl in a light dress, looking at the camera; captioned "Physical training, third from right is my daughter Sadako when she was four years old, left is myself".
Medium: Photographic Paper
Date: ca. 1950
History/Provenance: An American Protestant missionary, Mrs. C. P. Draper, established the Yokohama Christian School for the Blind in 1880. The school stressed Western techniques and partnered with the Perkins School for the Blind.
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Braille Braillewriters Christian life Classrooms Japan Orientation and mobility Playgrounds Reading School children Schools for the blind and visually impaired Singing Teachers of the blind and visually impaired Vocational education Sewing Games
