Accession Number: 2004.134.49.131
Description: Black and white glossy; an American Printing House for the Blind employee is embossing braille sheets with a clamshell press; she is placing an embossed sheet onto a stack of embossed sheets with her left hand and feeding the press a new sheet with her right; she has short wavy hair and is wearing a long-sleeved white button-down shirt; another APH employee can be seen working a press in the 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: Presses Printing presses Braille
