Photos: Inside Tucson ASDB's newest historical landmark
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Two original buildings at Arizona Schools for Deaf and Blind become Arizona landmarks of historic significance.
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Museum Curator Polly Brady-Garcia shows a 1923 braille writer to Frank Hernandez and Marcia Berger at the ASDB museum in the old superintendent's house following a Historic Landmark Dedication Ceremony on the campus of Arizona Schools for Deaf and Blind on Thursday, October 20, 2016. The Superintendent’s House (1927) and the Bath House (1926) were both dedicated as Arizona landmarks of historic significance. Hernandez and Brady Garcia both graduated from ASDB. Hernandez is a previous board member and works with Marcia Berger at Arts For Me in Tucson. The superintendent's house was converted to a museum in 2008.
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- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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Since 2008, the superintendent's house has served as the home for the ASDB museum.
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- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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he Bath House (1926) is now repurposed as a security station.
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- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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Among items on display at the ASDB museum is this transcript of braille braille.
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- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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This relay device on display at the ASDB museum was used by a student from the school to make a call to President George H.W. Bush from the Arizona Schools for Deaf and Blind in 1989. Bush started the new Federal TDD Relay program enabling deaf people from around the country to communicate directly with government offices.
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- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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Memorabelia on display at the ASDB Museum in the old superintendent's house on the campus of Arizona Schools for Deaf and Blind.
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- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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A mreplica of a classroom on display at the ASDB Museum .
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A replica of a dormitory room for many students who had to board at the school.
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A sports display case features team and school clothing.
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- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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A new plaque graces the front of the ASDB Museum on the campus of Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind. The museum is open to the public.
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ASDB dedication
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Museum Curator Polly Brady-Garcia shows a 1923 braille writer to Frank Hernandez and Marcia Berger at the ASDB museum in the old superintendent's house following a Historic Landmark Dedication Ceremony on the campus of Arizona Schools for Deaf and Blind on Thursday, October 20, 2016. The Superintendent’s House (1927) and the Bath House (1926) were both dedicated as Arizona landmarks of historic significance. Hernandez and Brady Garcia both graduated from ASDB. Hernandez is a previous board member and works with Marcia Berger at Arts For Me in Tucson. The superintendent's house was converted to a museum in 2008.
ASDB dedication
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
This relay device on display at the ASDB museum was used by a student from the school to make a call to President George H.W. Bush from the Arizona Schools for Deaf and Blind in 1989. Bush started the new Federal TDD Relay program enabling deaf people from around the country to communicate directly with government offices.
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