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Description
Photograph of a group of blind people sitting around listening to a "talking book", ca.1928. A group of men and women sit around a record player, listening intently to the "talking book." Three large books lean against the player, and a lamp stands behind it, while a piano sits behind the gathered.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprint, photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm., 13 x 18 cm. photographic prints negatives (photographic) photographs
Blind--Printing and writing systems Blind--Books and reading Blind Industry--Printing and printing presses--Braille Universal Braille Press Braille Institute of America, Incorporated Buildings
Time Period
circa 1928
Place
California Los Angeles USA
Source
41152 [Accession number] 84-1-1802 [Microfiche number] CHS-41152; CHS-36520 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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