Warmth and Acceptance

Warmth and Acceptance

Photograph

Cornell Capa

Maker
American, b. Hungary, 1918–2008

Warmth and Acceptance

ca. 1955
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 5/16 × 6 5/16 in. (23.7 × 16 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0082
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (The Retarded) 10/61 14) WARMTH AND ACCEPTANCE is key to success of special \ classes for retarded children in elementary schools such as \ this group in the Stratford Avenue School in Long Island, N.Y. \ Organized initially through the efforts of parents of retarded \ children able to live at home, the class has pupils ranging \ from 7 to 16 years with an IQ range between 30 and 53. \ Credit: Reprinted by persmission of the publishers from \ the book "Retarded Children Can Be Helped" by Cornell Capa \ and Maya Pines, Copyright 1957 by Channel Press, Inc. \ Photographs Copyright 1954 and 1955, Time, Inc.
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