Braille correcting slate

Slate, Pocket

Accession Number: 2012.41.5

Description: Nickel alloy correcting slate; four lines of thirty-eight (38)cells; .09 x .09 x .25 x .40 inch spacing format; piano hinge on short side; slight dimples in windows on top frame and stamped holes in lower frame to guide stylus; three pins up; raised lip in upper frame and half moon cutout of open end of lower frame, to facilitate opening; stamped, AMER.PRINTING HOUSE/FOR THE BLIND/LOUISVILLE, KY."

Height: 1.75

Width: 11.25

Depth: 0.125

Date Made: ca. 2000

Maker: American Printing House for the Blind

Place of Origin: Louisville, KY

Collection: APH Collection

History/Provenance: APH Collection

Credit Line: APH Collection, 2012.41.

Subjects: Braille Slates Tactile writing

Dimension Notes: overall

Made: American Printing House for the Blind

Material: Nickel alloy

Updated: 02/15/2021