Poetry Lesson
Collection
Albuquerque Public Schools
Dateca. 1970
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 9/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.3 × 24.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque Public Schools
Object numberPA1997.046.807
DescriptionAn older woman works with a teenage girl on a poetry lesson during class in a public school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The girl is reading a poem from a book opened on a wooden desk in front of her. The teenager is sitting in a wheelchair that is rolled up to the desk. She is wearing a patterned t-shirt with a neck and back brace buckled over her torso. The older woman is listening to the teenager and has her hands resting on papers and a binder. They are seated in front of a large window.On View
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