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"Blind children playing hide-and-seek among arcade pillars" at the Overbrook School in Philadelphia ca. 1912. View full size. Geo. Grantham Bain Collection.
Looks like the cover art for the game ICO. Scarily close, actually.
[That cover art (below) is a tribute the the art of Giorgio de Chirico. Which might be where the name Ico comes from. - Dave]

Surreal! Giorgio de Chirico meets Edward Gorey ...


What a beautiful picture. I could see this on the cover of a CD.
http://www.obs.org/photoblog/?p=20
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