Boston Line Letter embossing plates

Plate, Embossing

Accession Number: 1992.314.14a-e

Description: 5 plates, Boston Line Letter Vocabulary; produced from hand set type pressed into foil and mounted on a sheet of tinplate; (a) first six lines, "let" to "had", second six lines, "old" to "put"; (b) first six lines, "act" to "Ben", second six lines, "big" to "can"; (c) first six lines, "dig" to "far", second six lines, "for" to "how"; (d) all words different, twelve lines, begins with "this" and ends with "hull"; (e) first six lines, "am" to "my", second six lines, "no" to "aim".

Height: 10.5

Width: 10.375

Date Made: ca. 1890

Place of Origin: Louisville, KY

Collection: APH Collection

History/Provenance: APH Collection

Credit Line: APH Collection, 1992.314

Subjects: Embossing (Printing) Manufacturing aids, tools, and supplies Printing plates Tactile printing

Made: American Printing House for the Blind

Material: Steel, tin

Updated: 10/22/2018