Attendees are gathered in Minnehaha Park. The label on the photo reads: "De Le' Pee Picnic Minnehaha Falls Sept. 2, 1923." In the early 1920's, Catholic deaf people in the Twin Cities organized the De L'Epee Society. This organization was named after Abbe Charles de L'Epee, who was a pioneer in deaf education in France. The man holding a hat and standing third from the left end, is Wesley Lauritsen. The man standing on the right end is Anton Schroeder. The black man standing in back, to the left of center, is Clarence Monroe. The man sitting in the center of the second row, to the left of a woman with a hat in her lap, is Jay Cooke Howard. The second person sitting to the right of Jay Cooke Howard is Dr. James L. Smith. The man sitting on the ground in the first row, with a dog in front of him, is Victor R. Spence.
Confirmed students and a Catholic priest are assembled for a portrait. In the front row, from left to right, are Ida King Swee, Mary Hoff, Father Slevin, Ada Fallow, and Emil Rishavy. In the back row, from left to right, are unknown, John Rishavy, unknown, and Anthony (Tony) Garbarino.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Confirmed students and a Lutheran pastor are assembled for a portrait. A paper attached to the back of the photo reads: "In remembrance of day of Confirmation" and "Charles Arthur Arneson, born June 17, 1906 and confirmed May 17, 1922 in Ephphatha Lutheran Church for the Deaf." The man sitting in the middle of the front row is Pastor Henry O. Bjorlie. The student standing in the back row on the right end is Charles Arthur Arneson.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
This pamphlet uses American Sign Language to illustrate The Lord's Prayer. The front page has the phrase "The Lord's Prayer" printed in the American fingerspelled alphabet. This pamphlet was used at the Ephphatha Lutheran Church for the Deaf in Faribault, which was attended by local deaf people.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum