| Photographer |
Mead |
| Date of photo |
[n.d.] |
| Description |
Black-and-white photograph is mounted on a white card with gilt edges. It shows a young girl, Mabel Myer, standing next to a wicker seat. She is wearing clear wire-rimmed glasses and is wearing a dark knee-length dress, dark stockings, and buttoned-up boots. The photographer's name is embossed in the bottom margin. Handwritten notes on the reverse identify the girl as Mabel Myer, a student who later became a teacher, at the New York School for the Blind, Batavia, the daughter of Frank Myer and sister of Sam Myer. Mabel Myer is listed as a student at the New York State School for the Blind, Batavia in the school report for 1900. |
| Medium |
Paper |
| Object ID |
2005.24 |
| Object Name |
Photograph, Cabinet |
| Place |
Waverly, NY |
| Print size |
6.5 (h) x 4.25 (w) in. |
| Provenance |
Museum purchased item through internet auction. |
| Search Terms |
New York State School for the Blind |
| Subjects |
Blind Children.
Photographs.
Schools for the Blind and Visually Impaired. |
| Title |
Cabinet card, Full-length portrait of Mabel Myer |
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