Rockefeller Chapel
| Title | Rockefeller Chapel |
| View | Blind Organist, 1940 1 |
| Series | IV: Student Activities |
| Description | Frances Biery (left), a 26-year-old organist from Dayton, Indiana who is blind, converses via Braille with Geraldine Lawhorn (right), a deaf and blind young woman. Ms. Lawhorn is visiting Ms. Biery, who is practicing on the University of Chicago's organ for a concert in Rockefeller Chapel. Ms. Biery is writing a book about her school days in Dayton, and Ms. Lawhorn intends to take up writing too. Each woman is accompanied by a leader dog, Bess with Ms. Biery, and Blondie with Ms. Lawhorn. The latter dog was purchased with funds provided by Marshall High School schoolmates and a local Catholic Youth Organization. |
| Subject Terms | Biery, Frances | Lawhorn, Geraldine | Bess (Dog) | Blondie (Dog) | Organists | Guide dogs |
| Photographer | Davis, Myron, 1919-2010 |
| Photograph Date | 1940-08-08 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 25.1 x 19.4 cm |
| Location | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf4-03008 |
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