Helen Keller No. 8 – Antique Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Helen Keller No. 8. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Helen Keller No. 8
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Helen Keller appears in this 1904 portrait, the year she graduated from Radcliffe College, one of the first deaf-blind people to earn a bachelor's degree. The print is labeled "No. 8," suggesting it belonged to a numbered series from Whitman Studios, though the date and attribution come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified. Keller, who lost her sight and hearing as a toddler, became a writer and lecturer, and portraits like this one were reproduced in books and periodicals of the era.
| Created / published | 1904 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Whitman Sutdios. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,134 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-107465 |
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