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Girl's sewing class from upper grammar at the the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind in South Boston. The sewing room has eight or more sewing machine tables in two rows with railings sectioning off the work stations. Students sit on benches along the walls with sewing in their laps.
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Title: Upper Sewing Room Classroom
Creator: n/a
Date: Circa 1909
Format: Photograph
Source: Perkins School for the Blind
Control no.: AG13_05_0050c
Keywords: Blind; Boston, MA; Economics; Education; Educational Institutions; Employment; Institutions; Labor; Massachusetts; Perkins School For The Blind; Schools; Sensory Disability; Women; Women & Gender; Work
Topics: Institutions, Organizations & Corporations
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