Blind Collection (page 8)

Boys Blind School Band - Fuzhou, China Date: 1910s

Royal Wedding 1919 -- Blind Trousseau Worker
A blind trousseau worker, making a finely knitted coat for Princess Patricias trousseau, operating a flat machine at the workshops of the London Association for the Blind, Churton Street, Victoria

Blind motor car driver, 1904
Despite the fact Mr Sharp of Watford is totally blind, he has obtained a licence to drive a motor car. To warn other motorists, his bowler hat is inscribed with the words, Blind. Thats alright then

William Wostenholme, blind organist
Mr William Wostenholme (1865 - 1931), organist and composer. Totally blind from birth, who was a talented musician and studied at the College for Blind Sons of Gentlemen at Worcester

China - Fuzhou - Junior Boys Blind School
China - Fuzhou (formerly Foochow) - a group of young children from the Junior Boys Blind School Date: circa 1910

Blind man with guide dog crossing the road
A blind man with his guide dog crossing the road at a zebra crossing. Date: circa 1960s

Political cartoon - Joseph Chamberlain as jockey
" Who is Going to Ride it?" Joseph Chamberlain watches on in amusement as three jockeys (including Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (seated) and Herbert Henry Asquith

Mary Bad Eyes and Papoose (baby). Date: 1912

A Anderson. Blind Mans Buff (Xmas)
Blind Mans Buff. Artist: Anne Anderson. Children playing a traditional game Date: circa 1921

Street music: 17th century hurdy gurdy player
Street scene showing a blind hurdy gurdy player performing in 17th century Holland. Date: 17th century

Dr. W. A. Thatchell pictured with blind Chinese boys, Chinese Revolution
Dr. W. A. Thatchell pictured with two nurses, all from the Wesleyan Mens Hospital in Hankow, who rescued wounded and blinded inmates from the hospital under fire from insurgents during the Chinese

Initiation of the Prince of Thanks
The candidate, blind-folded and wearing wings, soars and falls onto a blanket held by several existing members. There is a lady watching on from inside a well. Date: 1890s

Street music: Bob the dancing dog, 1816
Blind street musician Charles Wood with his organ and dancing dog Bob. Date: 1816

Bamburgh Castle surrendered 1099
Eleanor of Northumberland surrenders Bamburgh Castle to William II after the besiegers had threatened to blind her husband Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland

Blind Hannah Brentford, 1827
Hannah Brentford, blind musician of Bunhill-row, shown here aged 24 giving a street performance of hymns, accompanied by her violin

The beggars of New York
Cynical view of New York beggars who apparently pretend to be blind and hire babies to attract more sympathy, then go home or to the nearest eatery for a slap-up dinner. Date: 1886

Rich Wotherspoon with other blind boy scouts
Boys of the 2nd Berkley Boy Scout Troop, California, December 8 cluster round to feel the Eagle Scout badge of Rich Wotherspoon, 20. All the boys in the picture are blind

One-armed flower-makers at John Grooms training home
A uniformed group of one-armed girls, described as expert flower makers, at the industrial training home run by John Groom for afflicted, blind and crippled girls

Music at home - the blind fiddler
A blind fiddler performs for a poor family in their home

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Blind Malay Beggar Date: circa 1910s

Making Mattresses - Blind Workers, London
The Mattressmakers Song - Postcard produced by the Greater London Fund for the Blind. The charity was formed in 1921 by Sir Arthur Pearson to co-ordinate the raising of funds to improve the lives of

Picture No. 10508245
Blind Mans Buff (1892)

Chantreys Famous Shot, with which he killed two woodcocks -- apparently the previous day he killed a hare and a rabbit, also with one shot. It is also claimed that he was blind in one eye

Piper in Brittany 1905
A blind piper plays on the street, with his hat hanging from his arm for coins. Date: 1905

Blind Roman Girl & Dog
A spaniel leads a young blind girl through the streets of Rome. circa 1780

Homer (Medal)
Homer blind Greek poet to whom are attributed the Iliad and the Odyssey Date: 9th -8th century BC

Ballad / Young Bekie
YOUNG BEKIE The Billy Blind tells Burd Isbel that Young Bekie is getting married that day - to another girl. She quickly dresses and all ends well. Date: traditional

Blind Mans Buff 1905
Five children playing Blind Mans Buff at a party, one hiding behind a door. circa 1905

Blind Mans Buff / Simmons
Children playing Blind Mans Buff at a party Date: 1885

Treasure Isle / Blind Pew
Blind Pew: " he was plainly blind, for he tapped before him with a stick." Date: First published: 1883

Blind Mans Buff / Rackham
A game of Blind Mans Buff at Freds (Scrooges nephew) Christmas party, shown by the Ghost of Christmas Present Date: First published: 1843-44

Workhouse inmate Mary Jane promoting charitable work
A postcard promoting the work of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG). Its caption reads Mary Jane, who is a deaf and blind inmate of a Workhouse in Devonshire

British Ballad, The Beggars daughter of Bednal Green
THE (BLIND) BEGGARS DAUGHTER OF BEDNAL GREEN (BETHNAL GREEN) Popular British Ballad, obtained and expanded by Thomas Percy (1729-1811)

John Milton in his garden
John Milton (1608 - 1674), English poet, sitting in his garden at the door of his house, while he dictates poetry

The Result of Purchasing a Blind Horse : Dr Syntax causes chaos riding a blind horse in the street, knocking over a woman whose donkey bucks and kicks

Men outside shop, High Street, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Two men standing outside a confectionery and tobacco shop in the High Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales look straight at the camera

Black. Three Blind Mice. Charles Folkard. c. 1923. jpg
Three forlorn blind mice looking rather down on their luck

Nurse with equipment at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, with a nurse wheeling an oxygen cylinder

Blind Moroccan Street Singer - probably singing passages from the Koran

Blind Sudanese Dancer and Harpist
A blind Sudanese Dancer with a thin stick performs to the music of a younger musician with a hand-held harp

Short-sighted signage / W H Robinson
A new kind of pub sign for the short sighted which can be winched down from its normally sky high position to a much more comfortable level for those with less than perfect eyesight

I passed by your window
The Modesty Blind, which will be welcomed for dealing with delicate situations at the seaside Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary

Heinz Zinrams photography studio, Baker Street, London
A view of Heinz Zinrams photography studio, above the Cavendish Hood antique shop at No. 2 Baker Street, London. Examples of his photography of children are on display in the doorway

Wambierzyce - Poland
Wambierzyce (Vamberic / Vamberice), the Silesian Jerusalem, is one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in southern Poland

Poster advertising Tenta Storen blinds for shop windows

Cilicia - Adana - Turkish Beggar ( Sofou )
Sofou, a Turkish beggar from Adana, Cilicia, Turkey

Afghanistan - Blind Afghan boy & parents
A blind Afghan boy brought (by his parents) to the Mission Hospital at Peshawar with the hope of successful treatment. The parents apparently will now hear the Gospel

Kirby Castle London
Kirby Castle, Bethnal Green, also known as the Blind Beggars House

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