A woman embossing braille onto book pages

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2004.134.49.28

Description: Black-and-white glossy; a woman feeds paper into a clamshell press; on her left side, there is a stack of papers and across from the papers, there is a stack of embossed plates. On the back, stamped in purple ink "Photograph by Courier-Journal and Louisville Times." Museum has two copies: 2004.134.49.28 and 2004.134.49.126.

Medium: Photographic Paper

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

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

Credit Line: (see provenance)

Subjects: Braille Manufacturing processes Photographs Stereographs Stereotype machines Stereotyping