Deaf culture: Miss Deaf America Pageant, Tucson School for the Deaf, prints
- Description
- Black-and-white photographic prints depicting the 1990 Miss Deaf America Pageant in Indianapolis, IN. Prints feature portraits and candid photographs of contestants individually and collectively, including the winner, Nancylynn Ward of California. According to the National Association of the Deaf website, "the Miss Deaf America Ambassadorship Program (MDAAP), originally named as Miss Deaf America Program (MDAP), became a reality thanks to two individuals: Douglas J. Burke and Douglas Bahl. In 1966, the National Cultural Program was established, to find hidden talents among deaf people in the visual arts. The purpose of the pageant was to recognize excellence in the Deaf community; the winner of the NAD Miss Deaf America title became a role model for deaf and hard of hearing women all over the nation." Harvey Finkle (born March 28, 1934) is a self-taught documentary still photographer and photojournalist who has documented social, economic, cultural, and political issues across the city of Philadelphia, the United States, and the world. Finkle's work largely focuses on activism relating to historically underrepresented communities, including people living on low income, unhoused/unsheltered/houseless people/people experiencing homelessness, refugees, immigrants, and disabled people.
- Creator
- Finkle, Harvey (creator, photographer)
- Form
- black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Date
- 1990
- Subject
- Deaf
- Deaf people
- Deaf culture
- Deafness
- Disabilities
- Sign language
- Indianapolis (Ind.)
- Geographic Subject
- Indianapolis (Ind.)
- Collection
- Harvey Finkle photographs
- Related Place
- Indianapolis (Ind.)
- Notes
- All photographs taken by Harvey Finkle. The front and back of each black-and-white photographic print has been scanned. In some cases, pertinent information is written or inscribed on the back of the prints that is not reflected in the description of this volume of photographs.
- Physical Location
- Ms. Coll. 1531, Box 4, Folder 6
- Provenance
- Gifts of Harvey Finkle, 2020 and 2021.
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en
- Rights Note
- The contents of the "Harvey Finkle photographs," an archival collection of photographic material created by Harvey Finkle, of which this volume of digitized images is a part, is held at the University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts and is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
- Resource Type
- Still Image
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