Portrait of Laura Bridgman Crocheting

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/f47c6add2f9f8d09b78c0773dc015ea3

Title

Portrait of Laura Bridgman Crocheting

Date

1870

Description

Warren's Portraits, 465 Washington Street, Boston [Photographer]
Seated profile portrait of Laura Bridgman crocheting. Her hands, needles, and a circular textile are held close to her body. She wears a dark sash around her eyes, hair pulled back and parted in the middle, and a coat with high lace collar and bow at front. Text on verso: Picture of Laura Bridgman presented by Miss Harriet B. Rogers, North Billerica, Mass. May 7, 1912

Subject

Blind
Deafblind people
People with disabilities
Special education
Perkins School for the Blind
Bridgman, Laura Dewey 1829-1889
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind

Source

Digital Commonwealth

Relation

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/xd07m767n/thumbnail

Type

image

References

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/xd07m767n

Subject

Blind
Deafblind people
People with disabilities
Special education
Perkins School for the Blind
Bridgman, Laura Dewey 1829-1889
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind

Citation

“Portrait of Laura Bridgman Crocheting,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed November 14, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/26686.

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