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P9259

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ID Number: P9259
Item Name: Image
Title: Student at Windsor Red Cross School / Élève à l'école de la Croix-Rouge de Windsor
Title (Fre): Élève à l'école de la Croix-Rouge de Windsor
Date: ca 1955
Description: Black and white photograph of a young girl seated at a desk at the Windsor Red Cross School; the girl is seated in a dark wooden desk with a right-handed top; she has a slatted piece of wood supporting her back and a brace n her left leg and a pair of crutches is standing up behind the desk; she is wearing a plaid skirt, a light coloured cardigan and has short dark hair; she is holding a pen in her right hand and an open book is visible on the desk; shelves of books and magazines are visible in the background of the photograph, above which is a blackboard where a student has been practicing printing.
History: In the spring of 1949, Mrs. Cora Stephenson approached the Windsor Public School Board to request education for handicapped children. The school board approved the request and in September of 1949 Miss Marjorie Box (sister of the donor) was hired to teach. The children were taught at 1 Ouellette Avenue until May 1950 when the facility was moved to 1226 Ouellette. The school was designed for children who could benefit from intensive physical medicine therapy and special teaching techniques. It included physiotherapy, speech therapy and a gym in addition to traditional book work. In 1963, 80% of children at the school suffered from cerebral palsy.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Windsor
Collection Name: Museum Windsor