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Portrays residents of the Pennsylvania Working Home for the Blind as they make brooms, and in the dining hall. Documents an investigation into the home, showing the seeing eye dogs taking the stand with their masters. Shows Cardinal Dougherty with students from St. Mary's Institute for the Bl...
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1933-1946
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Portrays residents of the Pennsylvania Working Home for the Blind as they make brooms, and in the dining hall. Documents an investigation into the home, showing the seeing eye dogs taking the stand with their masters. Shows Cardinal Dougherty with students from St. Mary's Institute for the Blind during a handicraft exhibition. Depicts training at the Philadelphia Lighthouse of the Blind, with emphasis on the use of Braille and morse codes, operating a buzzsaw, and making surgical dressing, belts and wallets. Depicts blind children at Camp High Point Park, a New Jersey state camp, and blind children at the Arthur Sunshine Home and Kindergarten for Blind Babies in Summit, N.J. Also depicts a model apartment used by Fairhill Public School students who are nearly blind. Includes images of the sit-down strike at the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind in Pittsburgh. Shows blind workers playing cards, singing in a choir, and during negotiations. These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and |
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Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue Collection; for general information, see collection record. |
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31 photoprints : silver gelatin |