• "hey watch this!!........oh....nevermind" - Rod Wilkinson
  • Date inscribed on negative, in reverse: 4/27/11. - Wystan

Blind athletes at Overbrook, Pa. (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

Blind athletes at Overbrook, Pa.

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
 Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09145

Call Number: LC-B2- 2191-7

Comments and faves

  1. ★

    d_runk, sandyland, The Adventures of Tiff & Sean, ydylg, and 19 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. T-Rav (60 months ago | reply)

    This shot was taken a split second before hilarity ensued.

  3. stjnky (60 months ago | reply)

    Well, at least he's going to land on the side with the cushion.

  4. Epacris (58 months ago | reply)

    Odd caption. They didn't copy the wrong spelling of athletes as "athlets" as it is written on the original photo (that's the policy in some places), but they did their own spelling version instead, viz, "atheletes". I blame the Greeks. They started it all — phthsis, indeed!

  5. sandyland (56 months ago | reply)

    yeah, fix the typo on the photo title.

  6. The Library of Congress (56 months ago | reply)

    Thanks! We'll fix the typo in the source data and reload the description

  7. ashwood2008 (49 months ago | reply)

    This picture is actually kind of upsetting. I'm just curious as to why or who would let a group of blind kids try such dangerous gymnastics. It doesn't look like they have any supervision or anyone to spot their landing, yet someone was around to capture it on film. A little dissapointing...

  8. feckineejit (49 months ago | reply)

    yeah they should be kept in a padded room and constantly reminded that they are different from everyone else and they shouldn't try to do anything but read braille. dumbass.

  9. ashwood2008 (49 months ago | reply)

    I never said they should be locked away and unable to experience life, maybe you shouldn't treat people so poorly and refrain from calling a me a "dumbass" and notice that I was concerned about the well being of someone about to land flat on their back, blind or not this is a dangerous situation. No need to put immature comments up especially when you don't know what you're talking about.

  10. Kilted Cowboy (46 months ago | reply)

    I don't think he is actually about to fall, it seems to me this is more just a position or transition to another pose. You can see he has a firm grip on the pommel.

  11. pennylrichardsca (46 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Disability History, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  12. Rob Ketcherside (43 months ago | reply)

    This is photo #2 for 4/27/1911, according to the caption. Please see my comment in photo #1.

  13. PINTOR DE SOÑOS (37 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called FLICKR PARA LA HISTORIA , and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  14. Elba Lacerda :D (29 months ago | reply)

    eu nem quero imaginar a queda feia dessa criatura XD

  15. Wystan (2 months ago | reply)

    An Overbrook photo posted on LOC with this one:


    Another Overbrook photo, posted on LOC photostream in October, 2012:

    A female pupil at Overbrook:

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