Accession Number: 2015.15.2
Description: Bright nickel plated brass; rectangular with slightly rounded corners; piano hinge connects upper and lower frames; both frames have grid of four (4) lines of forty-one (41) braille cells, windows slightly indented to guide stylus placement; rounded post on bottom of top frame snaps into hole in lower frame; two additional rounded posts on bottom; no registration pins; stamped on right side of top frame, "MADE BY/COOPER ENG. & MFG. CO./CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A."
Height: 1.5
Width: 10.875
Depth: 0.313
Date Made: ca. 1922
Maker: Cooper Engineering & Manufacturing Company
Place of Origin: Chicago, IL
Credit Line: Gift of Mireille Duhen, 2015.15.
Subjects: Braille Slates Tactile writing
Dimension Notes: overall
Made: Cooper Engineering & Manufacturing Co.
Material: Nickel, brass
Updated: 07/12/2019
