1938 Press Photo Fred Gerlinger and Joe Cozzo reading braille handbooks

Fred Gerlinger and Joe Cozzo, sightless boys and members of Chicago's Unusual Blind Boy Scout Troop, read volumes of the Boy Scout handbook in Braille. The Braille handbook comprises seven volumes and costs $20, instead of 50 cents. Eighteen blind boys are members of the troop. Their scoutmaster, Fred F. Colotin, 53, is also blind.

Photo is dated 1938.

Photo measures 9 x 7 inches.