Summary
One of a set of lantern slide depicting buildings and residents at the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (RVIB, later Vision Australia), located at 557 St Kilda Road, Melbourne.
Description of Content
Approximately twelve children and two adult women sitting knitting on bent wood chairs around a large wooden table in a room with bare wooden floor boards and wooden wainscot panelling around walls. There is an incandescent electric light globe in a conical shade suspended from the ceiling.
Physical Description
Standard format (3¼ x 3¼ inch square) lantern slide, comprising black & white photographic image printed on glass with black paper rectangular mask against image under protective glass cover plate; sealed with black paper binding tape around edge. White paper label adhered to front,
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (RVIB), 557 St Kilda Road, Prahran, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1900s
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Format
Lantern Slide, Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.), Black & White
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Language
English
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Inscriptions
Text printed in purple ink on paper label: "Blind children knitting &c.".
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Classification
Medicine & health, Health organisations, Occupational therapy
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
82 mm (Width), 82 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Disabilities, Disability Organisations, Education & Training, Institutional Life, Occupational Therapy, Visual Impairment, Lantern Slides