- Accession Number:
- 2004.134.49.272
- Description:
- Color transparency; American Printing House for the Blind employees are operating clamshell presses; the one closest to the camera wearing a purple and black striped shirt is Ethel Dickerson; there is a stack of braille pages to her left on the machine; the woman at the clamshell press to her right is wearing a white tshirt; the woman at the press to her right is wearing a brown shirt; there is a tall window in the wall in the right background; there is a metal wrack on wheels in the right background.
- Medium:
- Photographic Film
- Date:
- ca. 1997
- 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:
- Tape players/recorders
