Black plastic pocket slate

Slate, Pocket

Accession Number: 2007.29.9

Description: Black plastic pocket slate; piano hinge on one side; four (4) lines of twenty-eight (28) braille cells; slight indents in top frame guide placement of stylus; bottom frame cast with six indented holes under each opening in the top frame; three horizontal raised lines on top frame; raised lip on open end of upper frame facilitates opening; four registration pins up from lower frame fit into holes in upper frame; cast into upper frame, "AMER. PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND LOUISVILLE, KY."

Height: 1.75

Width: 8.375

Depth: 0.25

Date Made: ca. 1980

Maker: American Printing House for the Blind

Place of Origin: Louisville, KY

Collection: APH Collection

History/Provenance: APH Collection

Credit Line: APH Collection, 2007.29.

Subjects: Braille. Slates. Tactile writing.

Dimension Notes: overall

Made: American Printing House for the Blind

Material: Plastic

Updated: 07/22/2015