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March 06, 2008

Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Photo Discovered

102helen_030608_03062008_a711lnvmemThis recently discovered 1888 photo is racing around the Internet, revealing the allure that blind-deaf girl Helen Keller still holds. No other known photo shows her holding a doll--which was the first word Sullivan taught her.

Arthur Penn's 1962 movie The Miracle Worker, based on William Gibson's Broadway play, won Oscars for both Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. Vm_cr940737737_ss100_

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