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The pictures linked from here are from the NYISE archives. The photographer and date are unknown. It is believed that they were taken in the late 1890's. Descriptions were written by current students of NYISE.
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Room full of boys doing cane work

Cane Work
There is a group of young boys wearing suits. They appears to be black jackets and black slacks white button down shirt with a black tie and some of the suits seem to be gray and black boots. There are about 18 students to one teacher. This particular class seems to have some sighted and unsighted kids. In the class, the desks are made of wood and so are the chairs. There are windows on each side of the walls. There is no artificial light in the room just the sunlight shinning through the window. There are little handles on each desk which appear to hold the caning frames in place. There are some boys sitting by there desks and there are some boys standing and doing cane work. The walls in the classroom is blank they have nothing on the walls. The teacher is sitting next to the boy and helping him with his cane work while the others are doing cane work independently.

Man standing tuning a piano. Large pipe organ in background.

Piano Tuning

Long narrow room of students taking notes on a kelidograph writer.

Note taking using Kelidograph

View of production machine of NY Point braille code.

Braille Production

Boys weaving baskets with reeds

Basket Weaving Class
The picture shows boys of all ages weaving baskets with needles and straws. The students are wearing suits and sitting on chairs and benches while weaving baskets. There is a female instructor towards the back of the room who is assisting a boy with his weaving project. There are gas lamps hanging from the ceiling. The lamps are connected to a gas pipe. At the top of the room, there is a shelf with various books on it.

 
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