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Swail calculator, CSTM artifact no. 1985.0822.001

An accessible calculator, designed and adapted by James Swail of the NRC around 1975 that converted the visual digital display through an auditory and…

CNIB Instructions for Repairing a Perkins Brailler, Introduction, c.1989

A manual intended to help users repair a Perkins brailler, written by Howard Knapman, CNIB volunteer

CNIB Instructional Specifications on How to Repair a Perkins Brailler, c.1989

Specifications of a Perkins brailler, included within a CNIB training manual on how to repair a brailler at home.

Photograph of a few of the eight individuals who were blind, sponsored to come to Canada by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, 1951.

This image, taken 18 January 1951, is of a few of the eight displaced people and their families who arrived in the early morning hours on this date at…

Photograph of eight displaced people who were blind and their families after arriving at the Montreal Airport, to be resettled in Canada, 18 January 1951

A photograph of a few of the eight people who were blind and their families who were displaced following the Second World War and sponsored to come to…

Photograph of Karol Gamrot and guide dog, Utta

This photograph depicts Karol Gamrot, a once displaced person who was blind, when he first arrived in Canada in the early hours of 18 January 1951,…

"New Canadian Arrives" photograph of five-month year old Jan Jaslinsky, the infant son of Mieczyslaw Jaslinsky and his wife, held by TCA airline attendant Lucy Corey, 18 January 1951

This photograph depicts five-month old Jan Jaslinsky, infant son of Mieczyslaw Jaslinsky and wife, the youngest of the family of displaced people who…

Refugee case file, 1951. An image of "blind displaced person" case file put together for the CNIB to facilitate selection of individuals to be sponsored and resettled in Canada. The attached photograph depicts a young family, including husband, who was blind, sitting beside his wife and eight-year old daughter.

An image of "blind displaced person" case file put together for the CNIB to facilitate selection of individuals to be sponsored and resettled in…

A catalogue page of braille watches and other time-interval devices. c.1950, Canadian National Institute for the Blind fonds, Container 63, [textual materials, (121-020029-5)], R3647-0-9-E, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, ON

A catalogue showcasing a selection of braille watches, as well as alarm clocks and timers, including within the fonds of the Canadian National…

James Swail c. 1969 with punch-card reader

James Swail demonstrating one of the first models of his punch-card reader (c.1969)

James Swail et son lecteur à opération manuelle pour les…