Eye of the Beholder : Images of People with Vision Loss in the Nineteenth Century
Object ID:
2004.133
Title:
Cabinet card, Portrait of three blind men
Photographer:
Mowrey, photographer
Place:
Ashland, OH
Date:
1890s?
Description:
Black-and-white photo is mounted on a white card. It shows three men, who are dressed in similar jackets, vests, and bow ties. They are all wearing tinted eyeglasses. Two men are seated and a third man stands in the background between them. "Mowrey, E. Main St., Ashland, O." is blind-stamped in the bottom margin of the card. Reverse is blank. Men look like the musicians who are featured in other photographs in the museum collection. See accessions 2004.3 and 2002.153. Slight discoloration of card at bottom right and on reverse; top left corner rubbed.
Medium:
Card stock, paper
Print Size:
6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. card ; 5 1/2 x 4
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