Accession Number: 1992.34
Description: Nickel alloy desk slate; four lines of 27 cells; .09 x .09 x .25 x .40 inch spacing format; pins down; piano hinge on short side, steel wire; two guide pins in bottom of lower frame to fit into a desk slate board; slight dimples in outer windows guide placement of stylus into recessed holes of cells in lower frame; raised line between two sets of two lines, raised dots between every five columns of cells; open end of top frame has a slightly raised finger pull, and the lower frame has a corresponding cutout on the end to facilitate opening; stamped "AMER. PRINTING HOUSE/FOR THE BLIND/LOUISVILLE, KY.".
Height: 1.75
Width: 8.375
Depth: 0.5
Date Made: 1950-present
Place of Origin: Louisville, KY
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: APH Collection
Credit Line: APH Collection, 1992.34
Subjects: Braille Slates Tactile writing
Dimension Notes: overall
Made: American Printing House for the Blind.
Material: Nickel alloy
Updated: 07/24/2015
