Mrs. Beatrice Carson and Miss Sarah Robin at the Braille Institute of America, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Mrs. Beatrice Carson and Miss Sarah Robin at the Braille Institute of America, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

March 29, 1936

Date

1936-03-29

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The Braille Institute of America in Los Angeles provides current reading material for blind persons. The article goes on to describe the processes used to transcribe a book into braille.
Photograph appears with the article, "Publisher Aids Blind," Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar 1936: A1.
Sarah and Beatrice sit at a shared desk facing each other while Beatrice reviews the braille on the paper in front of her and Sarah looks at the writing on a piece of paper.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: As swiftly as the eye can scan a printed page, sensitive fingers of Mrs. Beatrice Carson, right, proof read at Braille Institute Lawrence Housman's book, "Victoria Regina," to be published there. Miss Sara Robin follows copy.
Handwritten on negative: Miss Sarah Robin Mrs Beatrice Carson Proof reading at Braille Institute March/36
Text from negative sleeve: 4568 - MissxSarahxRobin MrsxBeatrice Carson Proof reading at Braille Institute March/36 [stamped:] Apr 1-1936

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Carson, Beatrice, 1903-1994
Braille Institute of America
Robin, Sarah

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.0846

Latitude

-118.292128

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Libraries--California--Los Angeles
Blind persons--California--Los Angeles
Braille