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A group of men and women sit on the steps of Chapel Hall at the National Deaf-Mute College ( later renamed Gallaudet University ).
   
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Title: First Meeting Of the Alumni Association Of The National Deaf-Mute College
Creator: n/a
Date: 1889
Format: Photograph
Source: Gallaudet University Archives
Keywords: Deaf; Deaf Culture; Disability Culture; Education; Friendship; Identity; Schools; Sensory Disability
Topics: n/a
Note: Thanks to Douglas C. Baynton. This photograph first appeared in his book Forbidden Signs: American Culture and the Campaign against Sign Language (1996).