Helen Keller Water Pump

Historic view of the water pump at Ivy Green in Tuscumbia, Colbert County, where Helen Keller learned finger-spelled language from her teacher, Anne Sullivan.

Water pump at the Keller family home, the noted symbol of her breakthrough in understanding sign language.

Courtesy of the American Foundation for the Blind

Water pump at the Keller family home, the noted symbol of her breakthrough in understanding sign language.