Accession Number: 2001.211.108
Description: Braille tablet-style slate; board has sixteen rows of evenly spaced, pitted cells, pins, and a top-hinged frame; eight guide holes in each side of frame; guide has rounded wings which stick out over the frame and two pegs on back to fit the guide holes in frame; two lines of twenty-three (23) cells; stamped on horizontal bar on top of frame, "American Braille Press Inc."; stamped on right side of the top of the frame hinge bar, "64"; three raised dots symetrically spaced along that same bar.
Height: 10.75
Width: 6.75
Depth: 0.375
Date Made: 1925-1946
Place of Origin: Paris, France
Collection: Ronecker Slate Collection
History/Provenance: Ronecker Slate Collection
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2001.211
Subjects: Boards (writing) Braille Slates Tactile writing
Dimension Notes: overall; 1 1/4 x 7 1 /4 in. guide
Made: American Braille Press
Material: Aluminum
Updated: 07/24/2015
