[American Red Cross volunteer group transcribing books into braille] – Historic Print
![[American Red Cross volunteer group transcribing books into braille], [ca. 191-] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f0/f0b22332a81f-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: [American Red Cross volunteer group transcribing books into braille], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[American Red Cross volunteer group transcribing books into braille]
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An American Red Cross volunteer group is shown at work turning printed books into braille, the raised-dot reading system used by people who are blind. The caption card dates the picture only as ca. 191-, which points to the 1910s, a period when the Red Cross recruited volunteers for braille transcription, much of it aimed at servicemen who had lost their sight. Braille copying was slow, hand-done labor, and each volume could take many hours to produce, which made organized volunteer groups especially valuable. The date and details come from an old, unverified caption card.
| Created / published | [ca. 191-] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Braille; Red Cross; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,224 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131317 |
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