Braille proofreading at the American Printing House for the Blind

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2004.134.49.66

Description: Black-and-white glossy shows American Printing House for the Blind braille proofreader Naomi Overby (at right) sitting at a table, her fingers on a page of braille text; a stack of braille pages is to her left. A copyholder sits on the opposite side of the table, facing Overby, and is looking at a standard-print copy of the same text as she listens to Overby read the braille aloud, noting in errors in the braille version. Another copyholder is partially visible in the background, at top right. In red ink at bottom right corner of margin: 4-1. Museum has two copies: .66 (8 x 10 in.; date-stamped on reverse: October 1979); .66. c.1 (4.5 x 5.5 in.).

Medium: Photographic Paper

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

Date: ca. 1979

Photographer: Unidentified

Credit Line: (see provenance)

Subjects: Braille Proofreading