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A speech class for deaf children who use mirrors to watch their tongues.
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Title: Illinois Institution Classroom
From: History Of The Illinois Institution For The Education Of The Deaf And Dumb
Original caption: An Articulation Class -- One of thirty-nine.
Creator: Philip G. Gillet (author)
Date: 1893
Format: Photograph
Publication: Histories Of American Schools For The Deaf, 1817-1893
Publisher: Volta Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Source: Available at selected libraries
Location: vol.1
Keywords: Children; Deaf; Education; Illinois; Illinois Institution For The Education Of The Deaf & Dumb; Institutions; Oralism; Schools; Sensory Disability
Topics: n/a
Note: Thanks to Douglas C. Baynton. This photograph first appeared in his book Forbidden Signs: American Culture and the Campaign against Sign Language (1996).