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A black and white portrait of Dr. Edward E. Allen. He stands, wearing a white shirt and striped tie under a very dark suit and vest. Allen's hands are in his coat pockets. He has a greying beard and stares at the camera. There is a blurry diamond-shaped pattern in the background. Circa 1910.
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Centenary Address by Dr. Edward E. Allen
Portrait painting of John Dix Fisher circa 1840
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Dr. John Dix Fisher
Perkins founding director, Samuel Gridley Howe, a white man, in two-thirds view. Howe is 30 years old. He is wearing a black coat and a white shirt with a high, straight collar that extends above a black scarf cravat around his neck. Howe’s dark hair is styled upwards and he wears long sideburns, both popular mens’ hairstyles in the 1830s.
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Samuel Gridley Howe
Studio portrait of Gazella Bennett, circa 1895.
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Gazella Bennett
Michael Anagnos
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Michael Anagnos
David Abraham in 1960, photographed in front of boxes of Perkins Braillers.
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Marjorie A. Lamen oral history
Tile collage of Dorothy Ingersoll, Rhoda Pill, and Eleanor Thayer
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Dorothy Ingersoll, Rhoda Pill, and Eleanor Thayer oral history
Portrait of the Deafblind Department teacher training class 1966-1967
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Deafblind Department teacher trainees oral history
William and Ruth Heisler
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William Heisler oral history
Leon Murphy
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Leon Murphy oral history
Seated three-quarter portrait of Charles Frederick Fraser. Fraser has thick mutton-chop sideburns and wears a long coat and patterned cravat.
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Charles Frederick Fraser
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Chip Roth oral history