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![[Play-time at the Oklahoma School for the Blind. Children have a great deal of freedom (Ellis report). Photos were not posed.] Location: [Muskogee, Oklahoma] / Lewis W. Hine.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1917/01/01/play-time-at-the-oklahoma-school-for-the-blind-children-have-a-great-deal-of-1-640.jpg "[Play-time at the Oklahoma School for the Blind. Children have a great deal of freedom (Ellis report). Photos were not posed.] Location: [Muskogee, Oklahoma] / Lewis W. Hine.")
![[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim; and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim with their children Hope Leezum and Palden Gyumed, seated on cloth on the ground ]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1971/01/01/palden-thondup-namgyal-king-of-sikkim-and-hope-cooke-queen-of-sikkim-with-their-640.jpg "[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim; and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim with their children Hope Leezum and Palden Gyumed, seated on cloth on the ground ]")
![[Queen and Prince of Sikkim playing outdoors, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/queen-and-prince-of-sikkim-playing-outdoors-sikkim-640.jpg "[Queen and Prince of Sikkim playing outdoors, Sikkim]")
![[Prince Palden (left) and friend at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1969/01/01/prince-palden-left-and-friend-at-new-years-ceremony-gangtok-sikkim-640.jpg "[Prince Palden (left) and friend at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[Prince Palden (second from left) making silly faces with friends, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1971/01/01/prince-palden-second-from-left-making-silly-faces-with-friends-sikkim-640.jpg "[Prince Palden (second from left) making silly faces with friends, Sikkim]")
![[Prince Palden Gyumed and Princess Hope Leezum seated on white scarves, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/prince-palden-gyumed-and-princess-hope-leezum-seated-on-white-scarves-sikkim-640.jpg "[Prince Palden Gyumed and Princess Hope Leezum seated on white scarves, Sikkim]")