Leonard Dowdy with Gertrude Stenquist

Leonard Dowdy with Gertrude Stenquist

Item Information

Title:
Leonard Dowdy with Gertrude Stenquist
Description:
A young Leonard Dowdy, a Perkins student with deafblindness, is seated with Gertrude Stenquist, who wrote "The Story of Leonard Dowdy: Deaf-Blindness Acquired in Infancy" (1974). They are using the Tadoma method to communicate.
Date:
[ca. 1936]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
black and white photograph
Location:
Perkins School for the Blind
Samuel P. Hayes Research Library
Collection (local):
Students with Deafblindness at the Perkins School for the Blind
Subjects:
Blind
Deafblind people
People with disabilities
Special education
Teachers of deafblind people
Perkins School for the Blind
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Watertown
Extent:
1 photograph
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/mk61sp48t
Terms of Use:
Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
Contact host institution for more information.
Accession #:
587-b2-10