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    Royal Victorian Institute For the Blind, 27 February 1947, courtesy of Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre.

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Title
Royal Victorian Institute For the Blind
Description

Cover letter from the Institute enclosing the balance sheet of the recent charity concert held at Town Hall, and requesting a charity rebate on Hall hire.

Date
27 February 1947
Place
St Kilda Road, Prahran; Town Hall; Blind Hostel Raleigh Street, Windsor
Physical description

Letter, typewritten in black ink. Letterhead reads "Royal Victorian Institute For the Blind: Babies, Children and Adults". Down the left-hand margin is an image of a worker being blinded in an explosion of some kind, with the legend "It might hit YOU or ME!". The margin also features facts about the Institute. Across the bottom of the page is a table showing the Braille alphabet, and a black-and-white photo of two blind toddlers, with the subscript "Many of these little ones have to travel through darkness for about 70 years!"

Control
PROV VPRS 3183 P0004 / Unit 8 #1078
Archival Source
VPRS 3183 City of Melbourne Town Clerk's Correspondence Files II, 1910 - 1982; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details

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