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Manual alphabet, 1862

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This is an illustration of the fingerspelling alphabet that was used in the NSW Deaf and Dumb Institute in 1862, two years after its establishment. Can you find any differences between this version of the alphabet, and the one we use today?

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From the NextSense archives. Used with permission.

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From the NextSense archives. Used with permission.

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