- Accession Number:
- 2004.134.49.145
- Description:
- Black and white glossy; an American Printing House for the Blind employee operating a clamshell press; she has long curly hair and she is wearing a plaid long-sleeved shirt; the press is open and she has both hands on sheets of paper in the press; there is a stack of embossed braille on a table to her left; there are shelves behind her full of stacks of paper; six windows line the wall in the background. Museum has two copies: 2004.134.49.145-6.
- Medium:
- Photographic Paper
- Print Size:
- 8" (h) x 10" (w)
- Date:
- ca. 1977
- Photographer:
- Unidentified
- History/Provenance:
- Universal/Colt�s 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
