Uploads from Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, tagged sessions

Prehistoric Canoe

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:40:00 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

Several blind children and their teacher are sitting in the prehistoric dug out canoe. The canoe was discovered in the River Wear at South Hylton in 1888.

Photograph taken at Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:K13802

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Who Can Name Them All?

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:43:08 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

Busts of famous men being examined by the Blind,1913.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:K13584(2)

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River Wear Bridges

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:34:03 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

Blind visitors to Sunderland Museum, examining models of the old and new bridge across the river Wear.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

TWCMS:K13581

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Officers and Privates

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:30:06 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

Two blind men examining a German Saw Bayonet. The man on the left is wearing a German Officer's Iron Cross of the First Class on his chest and to the right, the man is wearing an Iron Cross of a Brunswick Private. 1913(c).

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:K13817

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Examination

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:24:35 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

Blind visitors examining arms and armour at the Sunderland Museum.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref:TWCMS:K13811(3)

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Weapons

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:11:26 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

Blind visitors inspecting illuminating and extinguishing weapons at Sunderland Museum.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:K13816(2)

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'Seeing' a Polar Bear

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:02:32 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

Here are three blind children examining a mounted polar bear at Sunderland Museum.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:K13838

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"My Daddy Wears one of These"

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:58:40 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

"My Daddy wears one of these" (Sunderlands Blind Schoolmaster - Mr James Smith, M.A. - and one of his scholars).

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:K13813(2)

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In The Stocks

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:14:24 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

Blind men who chose to sit in the stocks from Bishopwearmouth Green.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:2006.7981

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Gas Masks

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:00:30 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

3 men examining and wearing some British and German Gas Masks.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:K13808(2)

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Arms and Armour

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:57:36 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

3 blind children are wearing and examining arms and armour at the Sunderland Museum.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:K13820(3)

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Nativity

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:30:31 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

Dec 1924. A group of blind people in various costumes (shepherds and angels) in a yard beside some large corrugated iron buildings. The photo is asociated with the photos of visits to Sunderland Museum by Sunderland Council School for the Blind, this will be a nativity play they were in.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:2006.7979

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Locomotive

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:27:13 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

Sighted guides showing a model locomotive to the blind visitors at Sunderland Museum.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:K13586 (2)

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Soldiers Wear

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:15:30 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

3 blind women examining articles worn by soldiers at Sunderland Museums, 1913.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:K13823.3

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Coronation Chair

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:55:34 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

The blind visitors in this photograph at Sunderland Museum, are examining an exact model of the Coronation chair.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:K13577

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Portland Vase

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:45:37 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

Blind visitors to Sunderland Museum 'seeing' a copy of the Portland Vase through touch.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:2006.7984

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Sunderland Memorial

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:09:52 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

Blind people of Sunderland "seeing" what their Town's War memorial is to be like, by feeling a model one-tenth of its full size. The woman lost her sight through a Zeppelin raid on the town, in April, 1916. 30/11/1921

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:K13590

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"This Fell Beside our House"

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:48:15 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

"this fell beside our house" (A Zeppelin Incendiary)

A young boy 'seeing' the object through touch at Sunderland Museum.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:K13818(2)

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Silver Table Service

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:42:44 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

This shows replicas in silver of the Queen's Doll's House Table Service compared with the size of a shilling at the top left corner. These were handled by blind children and adults at Sunderland Museum.

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS:2006.7976

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The Queens Silver

nobody@flickr.com (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:38:10 -0700

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums posted a photo:

Replicas in silver of the Queen's Doll's House Table Service, being shown to the blind children at Sunderland Museum. 8th jan 1926

“To them, their fingers are eyes”

From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School, to handle a few of the collections at Sunderland Museum, which was ‘eagerly accepted’.

Ref: TWCMS: 2006.7975

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