Accession Number: 2004.134.49.67
Description: Black-and-white glossy shows a close-up of the hands of American Printing House for the Blind (APH) braille proofreader Naomi Overby, at bottom left, who is sitting at a table, her fingers on a page of braille text; sitting across from her, at right, an unidentified APH copyholder, who is looking at a standard-print version of the same text while listening as Overby reads the braille aloud. The copyholder holds a pencil in her right hand, which is resting on a pad of paper, ready to note any errors found in the braille text. In the background, at left, is a standard-print dictionary open on a book stand. Red pencil notations in bottom margin. On reverse, handwritten in pencil: "Do not use without permission from Monsanto Magazine." Photo was published in the October 1959 issue of Monsanto Magazine under the caption "Braille material also must be proofread."
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 10" (h) x 8" (w)
Date: ca. 1959
Photographer: Walsh, Jack (Monsanto Magazine)
History/Provenance: The photographic print was sent to Finis Davis, superintendent of the American Printing House for the Blind, from Monsanto Chemical Company in 1959. It was one of eight photos included in an article, "Substitutes for Sight," by George N. Reynolds, published in the October 1959 issue of Monsanto Magazine.
Credit Line: (see provenance)
Subjects: Braille Manufacturing processes Proofreading
