Accession Number: 2011.7.1a-b
Description: (a) Nickel alloy desk slate; four lines of 27 cells; .09 x .09 x .25 x .40 inch spacing format; pins down; piano hinge on short side, steel wire; two guide pins in bottom of lower frame to fit into a desk slate board; slight dimples in outer windows guide placement of stylus into recessed holes of cells in lower frame; raised line between two sets of two lines, raised dots between every five columns of cells; open end of top frame has a slightly raised finger pull, and the lower frame has a corresponding cutout on the end to facilitate opening; stamped "AMER. PRINTING HOUSE/FOR THE BLIND/LOUISVILLE, KY."; (b) Board features solid core jointed to two outer strips and faced on top and bottom with natural finish hardwood veneer; rounded vertical grooves cut on both sides which end 1" from the top of the board, each drilled with seven (7) peg holes; two holes drilled in center for slate storage; nickel alloy paper clamp riveted to top, pair of piano hinges on long sides flank a raised tube, two stamped pins-up on base of clamp, raised loop on front facilitates opening; stamped in blue ink on bottom front, "10831".
Height: 12.5
Width: 10
Depth: 0.75
Date Made: ca. 1940
Maker: American Printing House for the Blind
Place of Origin: Louisville, KY
Credit Line: Gift in memory of Naomi Ruth Foster, 2001.7.
Subjects: Boards (writing) Braille Slates Tactile writing
Dimension Notes: overall, board only; writing guide is 11.25 x 1.75 x .375"
Made: American Printing House for the Blind
Material: Wood, nickel alloy
Updated: 07/22/2015
