About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0799
  • TitleBraille writing machine
  • SummaryCaption: "Braille writing machine--John Moerschell, blind Bushwick High School student, writes his school papers on Braille writing machine provided by the school. Volunteer readers help him transcribe them for teachers." The school is located at 400 Irving Avenue.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 14, 1946; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBushwick High School ; Blind -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York ; Blind -- Printing and writing systems -- New York (State) -- New York ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Schools: Public: High schools: Bushwick