Postcard, Kentucky Institute for the Blind, Louisville

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Copyright Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
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Creator Rotograph Company, New York, publisher
Date postmark 1908
Abstract A color-tinted photo of the front of the school building is on the front of the postcard. Shows a four-storied stuccoed brick building with a large central dome and a two-story, Ionic columned portico. Bare trees and some evergreens appear. Printed along the bottom left edge is "G 17113 Ky. Institute for the Blind, Louisville, Ky." The back of the postcard is divided, has been used, and is postmarked 1908. Along the left edge is printed "The Rotograph Co., N. Y., City. (Germany." A circular logo, approximately 3/8 in. in diameter, with a large "R" printed in the middle, appears in the lower left corner.
Extent of Description 1 postcard : 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Object ID 2000.112
Object Name Postcard
Search Terms Kentucky School for the Blind
Subjects Schools for the blind and visually handicapped.
Blind children.
Kentucky School for the Blind.
Education
School building
Title Postcard, Kentucky Institute for the Blind, Louisville
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