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In more than 175 years, Perkins School for the Blind has benefited from dedicated friends, staff and leadership who have touched the lives of thousands of people.

Three photograph portraits: one of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan, one of S.G. How and one of Laura Bridgman

In more than 175 years, Perkins School for the Blind has benefited from dedicated friends, staff and leadership who have touched the lives of thousands of people.

Explore our digital collections, which include exhibits on Helen Keller, Laura BridgmanStaff Photographs and Educators of the Blind, Edward J. Waterhouse, Michael Anagnos, William Hickling Precott and Julia Ward Howe.

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Two tiled portraits. On the left, a photographic portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner from 1888 courtesy of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. On the right, a group photographic portrait of the young students and on the steps of the Kindergarten for the Blind, circa 1893.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Kindergarten

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Exerpt of handwritten letter from Henry David Thoreau.
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A letter from Henry David Thoreau

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Charles Lindsay with his uniformed driver, George S. Harvey. Both men are wearing long coats and hats, Lindsay in a bowler hat. Lindsay has his hand on Harvey's elbow, in a sighted guide position. There is an old-style car behind them.
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Sir Charles William Lindsay

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