Statue of Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller at the Tewksbury Almshouse

Statue of Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller at the Tewksbury Almshouse

Item Information

Title:
Statue of Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller at the Tewksbury Almshouse
Description:
Statue of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan by Mico Kaufman titled "Water" outside of the Tewksbury Almshouse. The statue is made of metal and depicts Keller and Sullivan seated and finger spelling, it commemorates that fateful day at the water pump, when Anne spelled 'w-a-t-e-r' into Helen's hand, and Helen finally understood.
Date:
1985
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
color photograph
Location:
Perkins School for the Blind
Samuel P. Hayes Research Library
Collection (local):
Helen Keller Collection
Series:
Anne Sullivan Photographs
Subjects:
Blind
Perkins School for the Blind
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Tewksbury
Extent:
1 photograph
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ms35v4256
Terms of Use:
Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
Contact host institution for more information.
Accession #:
AG62-2-032