Photographs of occupations, programs, and activities for the blind, 1923-1963.

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Photographs of occupations, programs, and activities for the blind, 1923-1963.

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This series consists of black and white photographs, photographic negatives, and a very few pages of textual information documenting blind persons in training programs, work environments, or recreational activities. They may have been intended to publicize the major program areas of the Commission for the Blind, especially training and vocational rehabilitation, or to form a retrospective of changes in the working lives and opportunities of the blind since the 1920s.

0.5 cu. ft. (ca. 260 photographs) (1 microfilm reel)

New York State Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8213868

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