Accession Number: 2009.17.31
Description: Combination composing stick/chase for book spine labels; brass table with raised shelf on back; zinc-plated steel fillister-head machine screw locks and positions a sliding brass bar on left, defining the width of a single row of set type against a fixed bar on the right; combination of brass type and spaces spell, "BRAILLE".
Height: 0.375
Width: 3.5
Depth: 1.125
Date Made: ca. 1965
Maker: American Printing House for the Blind
Place of Origin: Louisville, KY
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: APH Collection
Credit Line: APH Collection, 2009.17.
Subjects: Manufacturing aids, tools, and supplies Tactile printing process Bookbinding Printing
Dimension Notes: overall
Made: Louisville, KY
Material: Brass, steel
Updated: 03/27/2012
