It could be the earliest photograph of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan. The newly discovered image was taken in 1888, a year after Sullivan was hired to teach Keller. It shows 8-year-old Helen Keller holding Sullivan’s hand and a doll during a summer vacation in Brewster, Massachusetts. The New England Historic Genealogical Society now has the photo that was tucked inside an album of a friend of her family for more than century. Keller was left blind and deaf after an illness as a toddler. Sullivan later taught her to spell into her hand.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Early Helen Keller Photo
It could be the earliest photograph of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan. The newly discovered image was taken in 1888, a year after Sullivan was hired to teach Keller. It shows 8-year-old Helen Keller holding Sullivan’s hand and a doll during a summer vacation in Brewster, Massachusetts. The New England Historic Genealogical Society now has the photo that was tucked inside an album of a friend of her family for more than century. Keller was left blind and deaf after an illness as a toddler. Sullivan later taught her to spell into her hand.
