Deaf Collection

3 Wise Monkeys / Japanese
Hear no evil See no evil Speak no evil

Helen Keller with her Great Dane
Helen Keller (1880-1968) born blind deaf mute. Thanks to her governess she overcame these handicaps, studied and created in 1921 the American Foundation for the Blind. Pictured here on the S.S

Deaf Cyclist
This cyclist is wearing a sandwich board reading beware, I am deaf

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The Dog. 1819 - 1823. Mural painting mounted on canvas. This painting with the other 13 works decorated two rooms of the Quinta del Sordo

Epee Teaching Deaf Mutes
L ABBE DE L EPEE instructing deaf-mutes in the sign language he invented to enable them to communicate

London Trade Card - William Bull, Musical Instruments - trumpets, kettledrums, French horns, speaking trumpets, hearing horns for deaf people, powder flasks

Helen Keller reading Braille
Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968), American author and lecturer, blind, deaf and mute from the age of 19 months; sitting in a chair, reading a book

Learning Sign Language
A class of young women learning sign language at a school for the deaf

Deaf and Dumb School, Palayamkottai, India
C. E. Z. (Church of England Zenana Missionary Society) Deaf and Dumb School, Palamcottah (now Palayamkottai in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu), India. Deaf and Dumb children learning to talk

Comic postcard, Deaf old man misunderstands pretty young woman Date: 20th century

Deaf and Dumb Finger Alphabet
A chart of the finger-spelling alphabet used by many deaf people. Date: circa 1905

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - There is still a lot to do
The war is over. The message on the back by Churchill exhorts There is still a lot to do. The card, captioned Love for Love, carries the senders message Dear Granny

DEAF & DUMB ALPHABET DEAF & DUMB ALPHABET
The deaf and dumb sign language alphabet, as defined by the Royal National Institute for the Deaf, Britain. Date: 1960s

Institution for Deaf and Blind, Stoke-on-Trent
Frontage of the North Staffordshire Institution for Deaf and Blind, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Date: circa 1905

Royal Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Derby
Girls play with a ball on the recreation ground at the Royal Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Derby Date: Date unknown

Birmingham Deaf And Dumb Institution Edgbaston
Birmingham, Deaf, and, Dumb, Institution, Edgbaston, circa, 1919, childrens, children, home, welfare, care, accomodation, society, housing, , 13548638

William Robert Roe, Derby Deaf School
A portrait of William Robert Roe, founder of the Royal School for the Deaf, Derby Date: circa 1905

Children of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Ena of Spain
Photographic postcard showing the three eldest children of King Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) and Queen Ena of Spain (1887-1969)

Asylum for Deaf and Dumb, Old Kent Road, London. Date: 1822

Comic postcard, Man and woman with caged birds Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Deaf man misunderstands Date: 20th century

London Asylum for the Deaf, Margate Branch
Two children, identified as Evan Williams (with Indian clubs) and Rhoda Pippeck (with barbells), both inmates of the Margate branch of the London Asylum for the Support and Education of the Deaf

Scottish Dancers, Glasgow School for the Deaf
Scottish dancers from the Langside School for the Deaf, Glasgow. The girls are identified (left to right) as Mary Jamieson, Mary Allison and Mary Pratt. Date: circa 1905

Order of Good Templars - Deaf Dancers
A card featuring the deaf finger alphabet and Scottish dancers from Glasgows Langside School for the Deaf. It was issued following a dispute between a Glasgow branch of the Independent Order of Good

Comic postcard, Man on the telephone Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, novel use for gas mask, WW2 Date: 20th century

William Thompson, Deaf Burke, Bill Neat, boxers
William Thompson (Bendigo), Deaf Burke and Bill Neat, boxers

Mr John Liston as Tristram Sappy in Deaf as a Post, a one-act farce by John Poole, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London. circa 1820s

St Johns Institution for Deaf and Dumb Children, Boston Spa
st, johns, institution, institute, deaf, dumb, roman, catholic, children, founded, sheffield, 1870, belgian, priest, desire, de, haerne, 1875, establishment, moved, boston, spa, west, yorkshire

New methods with the deaf and dumb 1906
Interesting photographs of the method used in the early 1900s to help children learn to communicate. Date: 1906

Glasgow Deaf and Dumb Asylum
The Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Prospecthill Road, Glasgow. Date: Early 1900s

Derby Deaf & Dumb Institution Derby Deaf & Dumb Institution
The Deaf and Dumb Institution on Friargate, Derby. Date: circa 1905

Margate Royal Asylum for Deaf and Dumb Date: 1908

Yorkshire Deaf and Dumb Institution, Doncaster
A view of the Yorkshire Institution for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Children, founded at Doncaster in 1829. Date: Date unknown

DEAF / DUMB LANGUAGE
The sign language for the hands, devised by the Abbe lEpee for the benefit of the deaf and dumb. Date: circa 1770

DEAF-DUMB SIGN LANGUAGE
The Dumb Alphabet - a girl demonstrates the art of communicating with the deaf and dumb. Date: 1801

EPEE TEACHING DEAF MUTES
LABBE DE LEPEE instructing deaf-mutes in the sign language he invented to enable them to communicate Date: 1712 - 1789

Cartoon, The Deaf Postilion, A Political Parody, after George Cruikshank, satirising Free Trade. Date: 1846

Samuel Heinicke
SAMUEL HEINICKE German educator, instructor of deaf-mutes. Date: 1729 - 1790

Helen Keller / Sullivan
HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968), American author and lecturer, blind, deaf and mute from the age of 19 months; being read to by her tutor, Anne Sullivan Macy

Helen keller as a Student
HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968), American author and lecturer who was left blind, deaf and mute at the age of 19 months

Comic postcard, Deaf old lady misunderstanding Date: 20th century

Two jesters on a Christmas card -- None so deaf as those who won t hear. Date: circa 1890s

Sign Language Card
DACTYLOLOGIE - manual alphabet for deaf-mutes. Date: late 19th century

Abbe Sicard / Langlois
ABBE R.A.C. SICARD French teacher of the deaf and dumb

Helen Keller and her teacher
Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968), American author and lecturer, who was left blind, deaf and mute at the age of 19 months. Seen here with her teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy (1866-1936)

Advert for D. H Wilsons deafness 1902
Wilsons common-sense ear-drums, deafness and head noises relieved. 1902

School for Deaf Boys, Anerley, London - gardening
The London School Boards Anerley Residential School for Older Deaf Boys - boys at work in their own gardens. Date: early 1900s

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