Ohio State School for the Blind replica   Save
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Description: Reverse side: A REPLICA OF OHIO STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND - A workman is just fixing the girls' dormitory in place. Since this model has been started, scores of former students have requested an opportunity to "see" for the first time the school in which they spent several years. Model of campus: Length - 74", width - 72", height of building - 10." The school was established in 1837. At the time it was called the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind. In the early 1900s, the school was renamed Ohio State School for the Blind. At this time the Ohio Department of Education to control over the school. In 1953, the school relocated from its Main Street location to 5220 North High Street in Columbus View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_34_001
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Students; Education--Ohio; School--Ohio; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)