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[Anne Bancroft, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, holding book, with Abraham Ribicoff, at kick off for American Hearing Society's 33rd annual educational campaign] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Anne Bancroft, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, holding book, with Abraham Ribicoff, at kick off for American Hearing Society's 33rd annual educational campaign], [1961?] — historic photograph
[Anne Bancroft, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, holding book, with Abraham Ribicoff, at kick off for American Hearing Society's 33rd annual educational campaign], [1961?]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Anne Bancroft, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, holding book, with Abraham Ribicoff, at kick off for American Hearing Society's 33rd annual educational campaign]

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Actress Anne Bancroft stands at the center of this three-quarter-length portrait, facing the camera with a book in hand, beside Abraham Ribicoff at the kickoff of the American Hearing Society's 33rd annual educational campaign. By this time Bancroft was known for her stage work, and her role as Annie Sullivan in *The Miracle Worker*, the story of a teacher reaching a deaf and blind child, gave her a natural connection to the cause. Ribicoff, then a prominent public official, added political visibility to the event. The pairing of an entertainment figure and a government official makes the picture a useful record of how health awareness campaigns recruited public figures in the early 1960s.

Created / published[1961?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreGroup portraits 1960-1970.Photographic prints 1960-1970.
SubjectsBancroft, Anne,--1931-2005. Ribicoff, Abraham,--1910-
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,286 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-182740

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