AEW Postcard slate

Slate, Postcard

Accession Number: 2012.41.7

Description: Bright aluminum; piano hinge with aluminum wire; six rows of nineteen(19) cells; slight dimples in windows of top frame to guide placement of stylus; lower frame punched with reverse dots to form dots; dymo tape slots in upper frame; raised lip on edge of top frame and matching cutout in lower frame to accomodate opening slate; raised lines above row two and row four; three raised dots above rows one and five, arranged every five cells; four punched pins down, fit into holes in lower frame; stamped above hinge, "AEW Advance/MADE IN INDIA".

Height: 2.625

Width: 6.75

Depth: 0.125

Date Made: ca. 1990

Maker: Advance Engineering Works

Place of Origin: Dehradun, India

Collection: APH Collection

History/Provenance: APH Collection

Credit Line: APH Collection, 2012.41.

Subjects: Braille Slates Tactile writing

Dimension Notes: overall

Made: Advance Engineering Works

Material: Aluminum

Updated: 02/15/2021