Laura Bridgman Artifacts, "Deafblind Education" Exhibit, Perkins Museum
Laura Bridgman Artifacts, "Deafblind Education" Exhibit, Perkins Museum
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Laura Bridgman Artifacts, "Deafblind Education" Exhibit, Perkins Museum
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Laura Bridgman Artifacts: 7. Unfinished knitted lace on Laura HBridgman's original needles (hatpins). Date unknown. 8. Needle and thimble case, gold thimble inscribed, "To Laura Bridgman- J. Banvard, April 27, 1855." Made of wood grown on Abbotsford, Sir Walter Scott's estate in Scotland. 9. Laura Bridgman's dark eye glasses. South Boston, ca. 1870. 10. Sterling silver napkin ring with LDB monogram, attributed to Laura Bridgman, ca. 1880. Gift of Mrs. Laura Bridgman. Dallas, Texas, 2004. 11. Plaster copy of a bust of Laura Bridgman sculpted by Sophia Peabody. South Boston, 1841
Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
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Museum case on "Deafblind Education" in the Perkins Museum with Laura Bridgman photographs and artifacts including her tinted glasses, needle case, thimble, napkin ring, and a piece of unfinished lace.
