Container for shipping Recording for the Blind reel-to-reel tape audio books

Container, Shipping

Accession Number: 2010.12.2

Description: Gray square-shaped container of rigid, molded plastic has a removable lid attached to one side by two short gray-cloth straps. Two straps of the same length and color are attached to the opposite side of the lid and have light-gray plastic pieces with an opening to fasten over molded projections on the box, securing the lid for shipping. Black lettering applied to the top of the lid reads: "Free Matter for the Blind, Property of Recording for the Blind, Inc. [also in simulated braille], New York 22, N.Y." An address-card holder is located above the printed text.

Width: 7.75

Length: 7.75

Depth: 4.5

Date Made: ca. 1966

Place of Origin: New York

Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth C. Marx, 2010.12

Subjects: Containers Manufacturing aids, tools, and supplies Talking books

Made: Hansa Plastics Company

Material: Plastic

Updated: 12/10/2012