Eye of the Beholder : Images of People with Vision Loss in the Nineteenth Century
Object ID:
2001.28
Title:
Cabinet card, Blind man wearing a Salvation Army uniform
Photographer:
Loupret's Studio
Place:
Lowell, MA
Date:
ca. 1886
Description:
Sepia-toned photo of a blind man wearing dark eyeglasses and dressed in a Salvation Army uniform with a badge over the left chest pocket. Photo is mounted on a cream colored card. On the back center is printed "From Loupret's Studio., 51 Central St., Lowell, Mass." Date, 1886, and "Blind John" handwritten faintly in pencil in the upper left corner.
Studio:
Loupret's Studio
Medium:
Card stock, paper
Print Size:
6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.
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