Accession Number: 2004.134.49.114

Description: Black and white glossy; shows four American Printing House for the Blind employees working in braille production; the woman on the left holds braille pages in her hands; the man in the center has a hammer in his hand; the man and woman on the right are working a Double Cylinder Press; a Baxter Steam Engine, which powered the press, is in the left foreground. Reprint of a ca. 1875-1890 photograph. Reprint may have been made for the Newcomen drawings in 1960 or later for museum use around 1994. Original print source unknown.

Medium: Photographic Paper

Print Size: 8" (h) x 10" (w)

Photographer: Unidentified

History/Provenance: APH Superintendent B. B. Huntoon developed the Double Cylinder Press in 1884. Huntoon described his press as a "double cylinder press, made from special designs, prints four pages at every revolution, and will make thirty or more revolutions a minute." It was the first press of its type in the world used to produce tactile books. The Baxter Steam Engine was patented in 1868. This one was given to APH by the Colt Arms Manufacturing Company in 1873.

Credit Line: (see provenance)

Subjects: Braille Presses Printing presses