Photos That Reveal the Hidden Side of Things

A Globe for the Blind

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In 1830, Stephen Preston Ruggles created the first map for blind people, which marked streets with wooden divots. Seven years later in 1837, Samuel Gridley Howe partnered with Ruggles to create the first Atlas of the United States for the blind to utilize.

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