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A travel trainer walks just behind a young man with Down syndrome as the student steps off a sidewalk curb next to a large puddle at a street crosswalk.

Date: c. 1990s

Image Description: A black-and-white photograph at a city intersection showing a young man with Down syndrome in a plaid shirt and dark pants stepping carefully from the curb into the crosswalk beside a large puddle of standing water. A travel trainer with a beard, white button-down shirt, and jeans walks closely behind him on the sidewalk curb, watching attentively beneath a “WALK” pedestrian signal with parked cars and traffic in the background.

Source: Peggy Groce Collection

A travel trainer walks just behind a young man with Down syndrome as the student steps off a sidewalk curb next to a large puddle at a street crosswalk.