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Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, circa 1838.
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Credit: Library Company of Pennsylvania

The movement for the education of people with physical disabilities took off in the decades preceding the American Civil War. Founded in 1833, the Pennsylvania Institution for the instruction of the Blind (today's Overbrook School for the Blind) was modeled on celebrated schools for the blind in England and France.

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