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Miss Bourne's Gift To Blind Dedicated
All the departments were running yesterday with their blind workmen and were inspected by the guests. On the main floor the work of the blind women from the Lighthouse on Fifty-ninth Street was shown. The handmade brooms of the blind men are considered superior to the machine-made, and are used by many railroads and hotels....
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Title: Miss Bourne's Gift To Blind Dedicated
Creator: n/a
Date: October 17, 1912
Format: Article
Publication: The New York Times
Source: Available at selected libraries
Location: p.8
Keywords: Accessibility; Accommodations; Advocacy; American Association Of Workers For The Blind; Blind; Brooms; Ceremonies; Children; Economics; Elevator; Employment; Industry; Institutions; Labor; Labor & Commerce; New York Association For The Blind; New York City, NY; Sensory Disability; Service Organizations; Sheltered Workshop; Social Welfare; Social Welfare & Communities; Typewriters; Winifred Holt; Work
Topics: Institutions, Organizations & Corporations; Social Movements & Advocacy