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Seller: oldmanbythesea ✉️ (3,590) 100%, Location: Tenants Harbor, Maine, US, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 225880176214 SOUTH BOSTON MASS ~ Perkins Institute for Blind - Oldest School for the Blind. Founded in 1829, Perkins was the first school for the blind established in the United States. In 1839, Perkins sold the mansion and donated the proceeds. Here is a nice view of this famous school for the blind in South Boston, MA ! It's that time of my life where downsizing is required, so I'm selling my postcard collection - post cards with specific topics that have interested me, as well as those I have accumulated over the years. Time for others to enjoy and add these cards to their collection. The first group of postcards I put up for auction were my Valentine Day cards. Now I'm going through and randomly pulling out some nice cards. If there are any places or topics you'd like to see up for auction, please let me know. This will probably take a while - probably a good winter project. Check out the photos for condition ! Mailed in a sturdy envelope for protection. ENJOY!!! Everything must go, so if you're interested, please make an offer. Here is a nice view of this famous school for the blind in South Boston, MA !!! Founded in 1829, Perkins was the first school for the blind established in the United States. The school was originally named the New England Asylum for the Blind and was incorporated on March 2, 1829. The name was eventually changed to Perkins School For the Blind. John Dix Fisher first considered the idea of a school for blind children based upon his visits to Paris at the National Institute for the Blind and was inspired to create such a school in Boston, but it was founded by Samuel Gridley Howe, who had also studied education for the blind in Europe. The school is named in honor of Thomas Handasyd Perkins, one of the organization's incorporators. He was a Boston shipping merchant and slave trader who began losing his sight about the time the school was established. In 1833, the school outgrew its first location, the Pleasant Street house of the father of founder Howe. That year Perkins donated his Pearl Street mansion as the school's second home. In 1839, Perkins sold the mansion and donated the proceeds. This gift allowed the purchase of a more spacious building in South Boston ( the one in the view). In 1885, 6 acres were purchased in the Hyde Square section of Jamaica Plain, a residential district of Boston, to build a kindergarten, with Isabel Greeley as its first matron. This property was home to both Laura Bridgman and Helen Keller. The school moved to its present campus, in Watertown, Massachusetts, in the autumn of 1912. Buy more cards and save on shipping!!!
  • Condition: Used
  • Condition: See photos for condition...unposted
  • Unit of Sale: Single Unit
  • Size: Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in)
  • Signed: No
  • City: South Boston
  • Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
  • Brand/Publisher: A C Bosselman & Co
  • Subject: School
  • Type: Printed (Lithograph)
  • Era: Undivided Back (1901-1907)
  • Country: United States
  • Theme: Famous Places
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
  • Postage Condition: Unposted

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