- Accession Number:
- 1998.96
- Description:
- Cast aluminum pocket braillewriter, rectilinear with rounded corners; main body coated in crinkled gray enamel; six black plastic braille keys in slightly circular arrangement, black plastic space bar below; lever in middle of keyboard opens lid on top to reveal paper tape roller and diebox; metal tag pinned to lid, "MODEL 7, No. 3378/ BANKS POCKET BRAILLE WRITER/ Manufactured by V.L. MARTIN & Co. LTD/SOUTHALL/MIDD.X. ENGLAND"; cast into chassis inside writer, "1067494 BIRMAL"; base padded with cork; blue Dymo Tape braille label on top, "Nan Carroll".
- Height:
- 7.875
- Width:
- 4.75
- Depth:
- 1.25
- Date Made:
- ca. 1970
- Maker:
- Banks, Alfred, inventor.
- Place of Origin:
- Southall, England
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Jane & Michael Timm, 1998.96.
- Subjects:
- Assistive technology Braillewriters Mechanical writing
- Dimension Notes:
- overall
- Made:
- V.L. Martin & Co., Ltd.
- Material:
- Aluminum, steel, plastic, cork
- Updated:
- 02/15/2021
