- 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
