Object ID:
2013.36.1
Title:
Photograph, Group picture at the 1950 AAIB Meeting in Philadelphia
Photographer:
Schick, Jules
Place:
Philadelphia, PA
Date:
1950
Description:
Black and white photo glued to acidic window mat, large group of educators and administrators gathered on front steps of the main building at the Overbrook School for the Blind in Philadelphia in bright sun; most wear name tags; large columns of the building and ornate main doors in background; primarily adults, although five children stand in right front row; written onto negative used to create print in upper right, "40th Bi-Annual Convention of the American Association of Instructors of the Blind Overbrook School Philadelphia June 26-30 1950"; in lower left, "Photo by Jules Schick Phila. Pa."; stamped on reverse, "jules schick photography architects bldg. 17th & sansom sts. philadelphia 3, pa. LOcust-4-1880".
Studio:
Jules Schick Photography
Medium:
Photographic Emulsion on paper
Print Size:
18 3/16" x 11 3/16"
Provenance:
From collection of Dr. Gideon Jones, then a young Industrial Arts teacher at the Missouri School for the Blind who attended this meeting, later a founder of the Vision Program at Florida State University.
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1950 AAIB Meeting Group Photo
1950 AAIB Meeting Group Photo