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91 photos and 25 illustrations tagged blind, from 16 members of Flickr Commons.
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The last upload was October 2024.
Blind Leading the Blind from National Library of Medicine uploaded October 2024
Hospitals - Military: Interior of ward for blind soldiers(?), Somewhere In France from National Library of Medicine uploaded October 2024
Visually Impaired Man Purchasing a box of Cigarettes At A Store Counter from National Library of Medicine uploaded October 2024
Blindness from National Library of Medicine uploaded October 2024
Blindness from National Library of Medicine uploaded October 2024
Blind Man and His Dog from National Library of Medicine uploaded October 2024
Blindness from National Library of Medicine uploaded October 2024
John Statham, A Remarkable Blind Young Man of Ray Street from National Library of Medicine uploaded October 2024
Asylum for the Indigent Blind from National Library of Medicine uploaded October 2024
Blind Asylum, London, England: View with Street Scene from National Library of Medicine uploaded October 2024
School for the Indigent Blind: And Bethlehem Hospital St. George's Fields, Southwark from National Library of Medicine uploaded October 2024
Hospital of Saint Cross, Winchester, England: Front View from National Library of Medicine uploaded October 2024
Eye Surgery from National Library of Medicine uploaded October 2024
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Image 27 from a photograph album of presentations to shipyard workers, social events and launches
from North East Museums
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excellentzebu1050 said:
Brilliant really Fantastic
Kath. McGirr, Deaf, Dumb & Blind at typewriter (LOC)
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pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
Katherine "Katie" McGirr was eight when she survived exposure during an 1888 blizzard, blind and deaf. Two years later she was admitted to the New York Institute for the Deaf. She's mentioned by name in Helen Keller's "The Story of My Life." Elsewhere on Flickr:
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Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks pennylricharsca for this information about Katie McGirr, including this link to the Perkins School. We'll fill in some of the information the next time we update.
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swanq said:
See books.google.com/books?id=5rRIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA37&lp... from The blind-deaf: a monograph, being a reprint of "The deaf-blind," By William Wade for more about her, including a photo (from ~1900) and her own writing.
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swanq said:
news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19230902&... indicates that she was employed at the Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind to transcribe letters received in braille.
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Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks swanq for doing this research. What a great story about her night at the theater. The transcription work is most likely what she is doing in the two photographs.