Object ID:
2007.33.1.258-263
Title:
Francis Wright practicing cane travel
Place:
Baltimore, MD
Date:
1947
Description:
Six (6) BW snapshots of student Francis Wright practicing cane travel on the campus of the Maryland School for the Blind outside Baltimore, MD; edges of prints are scalloped.
Wright was the first civilian student trained in orientation and mobility by Richard Hoover following his discharge from the U.S. Army Medical Corps in 1946. At the time, Hoover was a first-year medical student at Johns Hopkins, but living at MSB in Baltimore.
Wright was the first civilian student trained in orientation and mobility by Richard Hoover following his discharge from the U.S. Army Medical Corps in 1946. At the time, Hoover was a first-year medical student at Johns Hopkins, but living at MSB in Baltimore.
Print Size:
4.125 x 3"
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Francis Wright approaching stairs up with cane
Francis Wright exiting gate with cane
Francis Wright approaching stairs-down with cane
Francis Wright negotiating sidewalk obstacle with cane
Francis Wright passing through pillars with cane
Francis Wright reaching bottom of stairs with cane
Francis Wright approaching stairs up with cane
Francis Wright exiting gate with cane
Francis Wright approaching stairs-down with cane
Francis Wright negotiating sidewalk obstacle with cane
Francis Wright passing through pillars with cane
Francis Wright reaching bottom of stairs with cane