Berkeley California State Institution for Deaf and Blind 1910s Postcard Hand Colored

This postcard dates to the 1910s and depicts the State Institution for the Deaf and Blind at Berkeley, California, as identified in the printed lower caption.

Founded in the nineteenth century, the California institution served as a residential and educational facility for deaf and blind students during a period of expanding state-supported public instruction. The Berkeley campus developed with substantial brick buildings, towers, and landscaped grounds that reflected contemporary institutional architecture and reform-era planning. Views of such campuses emphasized permanence, order, and the integration of educational structures within garden-like settings.

The image features a multi-story brick building with arched windows and tower elements rising above dense greenery, with additional structures visible to the right including a church-like spire. The foreground shows formal plantings and trees rendered in hand-applied color, typical of early twentieth-century postcard enhancement. The lower margin reads State Institution for Deaf and Blind, at Berkeley, California, and the reverse displays a divided back format with handwritten correspondence and a stamp box.

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