Postcard, Poultry Department of the Red Cross Institute for the Blind, Baltimore

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Record 807/887
Copyright Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
Image Poultry Dept. of Red Cross
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Object ID 2003.143.2
Object Name Postcard
Creator unknown
Title Postcard, Poultry Department of the Red Cross Institute for the Blind, Baltimore
Date after 1916
Abstract Front shows a black & white photo of men and women holding baby chicks at the Red Cross Institute for the Blind. Back is divided and unused. "New Colonists Arriving at the Poultry Department.--Each pupil is following the professor's instructions in the examination of the little 'chicks' which have just arrived, previous to their being placed in brooders heated by coal stoves which are operated by the blind men." --back of postcard. The Red Cross Institute for the Blind was established in 1917, during World War I, to provide rehabilitation and vocational training to servicemen blinded during the war.
Extent of Description 1 postcard : 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Subjects Adult blind.
Services for the blind and visually handicapped.
Rehabilitation.
Vocational education.
Search Terms Red Cross Institute for the Blind (MD)
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