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Description
J. Robert Atkinson stands behind a large braille book on a bookstand, and holds another book in his hand at the opening of the Braille Press (Braille Universal Press, which became the Braille Institute of America, BIA). The location is his new braille book plant located at 739 North Vermont Avenue. Photo appears with the article "Sightless Publisher Entertains: Braille Press Founder Holds Open House at New Plant for 150 Fellows," Los Angeles Times, 02 Dec. 1927: A3. Handwritten on negative: J Robert Atkinson Text from negative sleeve: Atkinson, J. Robert. Braille books for blind.
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3691_G190 ark:/21198/zz0002ndf6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Blind persons--California--Los Angeles Publishers Braille Braille Institute of America Atkinson, J. Robert (John Robert), 1887-1964
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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