About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0798
  • TitleGeography by touch
  • SummaryCaption: "Geography by touch--Ida Bell, blind student studies geography by means of a relief map. At Bushwick High [School, 400 Irving Avenue], 15 blind students use portable Braille slates for classroom work, study in specially equipped rooms."
  • 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 ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Maps for the blind -- New York (State) -- New York ; Topographic maps -- United States
  • 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