Postcard, Kentucky Institute for the Blind, Louisville

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Record 126/297
Copyright Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
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Creator Rotograph Company, New York, publisher
Date postmark 1907
Abstract Black & white 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 "A 17113 Ky. Institute for the Blind, Louisville, Ky." The back of the postcard is undivided, addressed, and is postmarked 1907. 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. Same photo is on another postcard in the museum collection. See accession 2000.112.
Extent of Description 1 postcard : 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Object ID 2001.23
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 buildings
Title Postcard, Kentucky Institute for the Blind, Louisville
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