Clamshell press, ca. 1997

Transparency, Slide

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