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Library of Congress Cassette Book Machine

This model C-1 Cassette Book Machine was part of the free Braille and Talking Book service provided by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS). This model became available in 1981 and has variable-speed control,…

Pauline Ulrey and Leader Dog, Keller, 1986

Pauline Ulrey pictured with her Leader Dog, Keller, in 1986

Pauline Ulrey and Leader Dog, Danny, 1963

Pauline Ulrey is pictured with her first dog, Danny, after her introduction to the Leader Dog program of Rochester, Michigan, in 1963.

Bikey Smith with Vice President Richard Nixon

Byron (“Bikey”) Smith, age 8, on the lap of Vice President Richard Nixon during a trip to Washington D.C. in 1953. Byron, then a student at the Indiana School for the Blind, was in the capitol with his parents as the guest of a Chicago television…

Byron Smith at Rogers Elementary School

This photo shows Byron ("Bikey") Smith in his sixth grade classroom at Rogers Elementary School in Bloomington, Indiana during the 1956-7 school year. When Byron entered Rogers that year, it was the first time a pupil had been transferred to a public…