Accession Number: 2004.134.49.228
Description: Black and white glossy; an American Printing House for the Blind employee is operating a clamshell press; she has short, dark hair and is wearing a long-sleeved, white, button-down shirt; she is removing embossed sheets from the press with both hands; to her left is a stack of embossed pages; to her right is a stack of blank pages; a sticker with a cross on it is wedged in a switch on the machine's control panel; another press and operator is partially visible in the right background; stacks of braille pages are visible on shelves in the left background.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 8" (h) x 10" (w)
Date: ca. 1970
Photographer: Unidentified
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
