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Five young women standing on the grounds of Vancouver, Washington School for the Deaf sign the hymn "Nearer My God, To Thee".
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Title: Nearer My God To Thee, Washington School For The Deaf
From: Nearer My God To Thee
Original caption: "Nearer, My God, To Thee," Signed by Deaf Girls at the Vancouver, Wash., School for the Deaf
Creator: n/a
Date: June 1911
Format: Photograph
Publication: Silent Worker
Source: Gallaudet University Archives
Location: vol. 23, no. 9
Keywords: Deaf; Demonstration; Education; Institutions; Music; Religion; Schools; Sensory Disability; Sign Language; Washington
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).


Objects From This Artifact:
- Nearer My God To Thee, Michigan School For The Deaf (still)
- Nearer My God To Thee, Washington School For The Deaf (still)