Preparing Books for the Mail, Research Library, Perkins Institution

Preparing Books for the Mail, Research Library, Perkins Institution

Item Information

Title:
Preparing Books for the Mail, Research Library, Perkins Institution
Description:
View of Research Library at the Perkins Institution with woman wrapping books for mailing. The library has many wooden bookshelves and a wall of glass cabinets. Note on verso: "Preparing books for mailing. U. S. Gov't made them post free to and from libraries to homes of blind people."
Date:
[ca. 1860–1947]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Lantern slides
Location:
Perkins School for the Blind
Samuel P. Hayes Research Library
Collection (local):
Perkins School for the Blind Lantern Slides
Series:
Perkins School for the Blind
Subjects:
Blind
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Watertown
Extent:
1 photograph : transparency on glass ; 9 x 11 cm (lantern slide format)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/jq085r56c
Terms of Use:
Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
Contact host institution for more information.
Accession #:
AG4_01_0009c