Perkins Institution Kindergarten ; Kindergarten 25 Year Anniversary Invitation
Description:
[Front] Kindergarten building in Jamaica Plain, MA from 1886-1913. It was the first Kindergarten dedicated to the blind. Caption reads: "First building of the Perkins Institution Kindergarten, erected in 1886. This was the first building in the world to be put up for a kintergarten [sic] for the blind." [Back] Perkins Institution Alumnae Association invitation to ceremony honoring the new director and 25th anniversary of the Kindergarten for the Blind. Printed text reads: "The Perkins Institution Alumnae Association requests the honor of your presence in the Hall, on the Kindergarten grounds, Perkins Street, Jamaica Plain, on Thursday, November 7th, at 2 o'clock. Exercises will be held in recognition of the completion of the first quarter century of the Kindergarten for the Blind, and to do honor to its great founder Michael Anagnos." From Nellie A. Kennedy, President, and Julia E. Burnham, Cor. Secretary.
