Object ID
2001.34.8.3
Object Name
Photograph
Object Entities
Object Description
A copy of a black and white picture of an older man. The man is bald with a long, white beard. He is wearing a black jacket, shirt, and pants. He has a pocket watch. He is standing with one arm behind his back and the other one at his side. There is a black thin line frame around him. Underneath him it reads, "M. Anagnos" and under the framing, it reads " See page 208."
Origin
Steve Frangos, a published Greek Historian donated photographic copies of articles. This photo is from an article titled, "Searching for Papingo."

Michael Anagnos was a Greek Orthodox Christian who immigrated to the U.S. in the late 1860s. Before this, in the process of supporting the revolutionary cause in Crete, he met Dr. Samuel Howe, founder of the Perkins Institute for the Blind. In America, he fell in love with and married Dr. Howe’s daughter Julia. Anagnos became increasingly involved in the Perkins Institute, and when Dr. Howe died, he became its head. He gave himself energetically to this work. Among his many accomplishments there, such as raising large sums for publishing books in Braille and putting them in all the libraries in Massachusetts, as well as beginning kindergartens and vocational schools for persons with visual disabilities, he is known for connecting Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller.
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Citation
Photograph, National Hellenic Museum, https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/Detail/objects/4142. Accessed 03/29/24.