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Laura Bridgman Photo Gallery.
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This gallery features images and photographs of Laura Bridgman from the time she was a young student at Perkins through her later years. There is also an image of a letter she wrote in 1885.

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Drawing of a tall man standing beside a seated young girl with her eyes covered and her fingers on a book with raised letters, ca. 1838. Photo of an adolescent Laura Bridgman touching the hand of her teacher, who is fingerspelling, ca. 1844. Portrait of Laura Bridgman and Oliver Caswell, an adolescent who is deaf-blind, together feeling raised print in a book, ca. 1845. Formal portrait of Laura Bridgman as an adolescent. Formal portrait Laura Bridgman in profile, South Boston, ca. 1845. Laura Bridgman holding crochet circle, South Boston, ca. 1870. Laura Bridgman seated at her sewing machine. Laura Bridgman threading a needle with her tongue.. Smiling subtly, Laura Bridgman poses in an ornate chair. Laura Bridgman reading a raised print book. Laura Bridgman seated in chair holding a crochet ring. Handwritten letter, using square hand alphabet.
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