Braille music press, ca. 1955

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2004.134.49.127

Description: Black and white glossy; an American Printing House for the Blind employee is operating a braille music press; she has short curly hair, she is wearing a light short-sleeved blouse and a plaid skirt; she is feeding the paper through the press; her shadow is projected on a plain white wall in the background.

Medium: Photographic Paper

Print Size: 8" (h) x 10" (w)

Date: ca. 1955

Photographer: Unidentified

History/Provenance: APH built this small hand-fed rotary press to emboss braille music scores in 1955 under the supervision of Virgil Zickel.

Credit Line: (see provenance)

Subjects: Presses Printing presses Braille