A woman at the IBM Tape Controlled Braille Embossing System

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2004.134.49.26

Description: Black-and-white glossy shows Lorene "Honey" Oliver sitting in a chair and pressing keys on a a Perkins Brailler that is connected to an automated stereograph embossing system. In the background watching are Howard Oliver, at left, and Marjorie Hooper. In the background at top right is a man seated at a desk, his back to the camera. On the reverse, handwritten in black ink: "Honey Oliver";"Howard Oliver," "Marjorie Hooper," and "63-64."

Medium: Photographic Paper

Print Size: 7" (h) x 9" (w)

Date: 1956

History/Provenance: The photograph was transferred to the Musuem from within the American Printing House for the Blind.

Credit Line: (see provenance)

Subjects: Braille Braillewriters Photographs Stereographs Stereotype machines