Accession Number: 2012.12.15
Description: Black-and-white glossy photo shows two views, front and back, of a Cercla machine, used to bind together perforated pages with a metal strip having circular prongs along the length of the strip. Typewritten label affixed to the edge of the photo reads "CERCLA Motor Driven Closing Machine (Built by the F. P. Rosback Company)." Appears to have been removed from a catalog or manual and has binding perforations along binding edge.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 8" (h) x 10" (w)
Date: n.d.
Photographer: unknown
History/Provenance: Cercla binding was used at the American Printing House for the Blind in hardcover braille books, and was gradually phased out beginning in 2013. Machinery was maintained by the company's Maintenance Division.
Subjects: Bookbinding Machinery
