Accession Number: 2004.134.49.135
Description: Black and white glossy; American Printing House for the Blind employee operating a clamshell press; she has blonde hair and is wearing a dark short-sleeved dress and a bracelet on her left wrist; she is removing an embossed page from the press with both hands; in the foreground, to her left, is a stack of embossed pages; behind her, to her right, are blank sheets; other clamshell presses are visible in the right background; two other presses and their operators are visible in the center background; another machine and a shelf of stacks of papers are in the left background.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 10" (h) x 8" (w)
Date: ca. 1967
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: Presses Printing presses Braille
