Reading and writing are not lost arts to blinded men – Antique Print
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Reading and writing are not lost arts to blinded men in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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At the Military Hospital for Blinded Men in Baltimore, a soldier learns to read by touch while a sailor writes in raised characters with a simple device. The captions explain that the letters are formed by dots raised on the paper, the system of raised-dot reading known as Braille. The poster also promotes typewriting, saying a blinded man can learn the standard machine quickly and correspond again with his mother, wife, sweetheart, or friends. Issued in 1919, just after the war ended, it was part of a Red Cross exhibit showing that disabled veterans could regain independence and communication.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone ; 105 x 71 cm. |
| Genre | Exhibit posters 1910-1920.War posters American 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster caption: At the Military Hospital for Blinded Men at Baltimore, this soldier is learning to substitute touch for sight in the process of reading. The letters are formed by dots raised in the surface of the paper. The sailor is writing in raised characters by the aid of a simple machine. Poster caption: A blinded man can learn in a short time to operate, without making mistakes, the regular standard typewriter. He is thus able again to correspond with his mother, wife, sweetheart, or friends. Exhibit of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men and the Red Cross Institute for the Blind. |
| Subjects | Institute for the Crippled and Disabled--People--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects. Disabled veterans--American--1910-1920. Blind persons--1910-1920. Braille--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,796 × 4,682 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 311_Reading_and_writing_are_1919 |
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