Accession Number: 2004.134.49.225
Description: Black and white glossy; an American Printing House for the Blind employee Louis Fredericks is operating a clamshell press; she has short hair and glasses; she is wearing a black cardigan and a plaid dress; she is pulling an embossed sheet out of the press; a pillar is directly in front of the press; other clamshell presses are visible in the background.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 8" (h) x 10" (w)
Date: ca. 1966
Photographer: Lin Caufield Photographers Inc.
History/Provenance: Universal/Colts Armory platen presses manufactured by Thomson-National became known at APH as "clamshell presses," and were adapted for braille use by removing all their inking mechanisms.
Credit Line: (see provenance)
Subjects: Braille
