By: Othello Jimenez
ASL project due: April 15 2013
ERNEST MARSHALL
ERNEST MARSHALL
(1/2/1910—9/19/1999)
ERNEST MARSHAL
was born in Poughkeepsie NY
 Was born deaf
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ERNEST MARSHALL
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Produced silent movies for the deaf about
and including sigh language
ERNEST MARSHALL
Parents: john Marshall, Rhoda Marshall
 Wife: married to Alida Purdy
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ERNEST MARSHALL
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Deaf people loved his movies but hearing
people thought it was a waste of time. Of
course it was still in the time period where
they treated deaf people like a joke.
ERNEST MARSHALL
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Brought asl to the community in a different
way. He did this with his shorts and films.
Which mainly went unnoticed by the general
hearing public until “rediscovered and
watched repeatedly.
MOVING PICTURES MOVING HANDS
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http://deaftv.com/film/Moving-PicturesThe-Story-of-Ernest-Marshall/