Accession Number: 2003.185.121a-d
Description: Smooth plastic board with two removable plastic slates, one for jumbo braille and one for standard braille. Slates have hinges on left side and raised dots on back plates for upward writing. Slates slide along a groove on left side of board. Includes stylus with molded plastic handle and reversible steel tip, to accomodate writing of either jumbo or standard dots. Jumbo slate has 4 lines of 19 cells; standard slate has 1 line of 3 cells and 6 lines of 29 cells; both have pins in top. Board has hinged clip at top. All pieces are made of an ivory-colored plastic. a) board; b) hinged slate; c) hinged slate (jumbo); d) stylus
Height: 11.5
Width: 9.5
Date Made: [after 1990]
Maker: Hawk, Lawrence S., inventor
Place of Origin: Oak Ridge, TN
Collection: KSB Collection
History/Provenance: KSB Collection
Credit Line: Gift of the Kentucky School for the Blind, 2003.185
Subjects: Boards (writing) Braille Slates Tactile writing
Dimension Notes: 3 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. slate; 2 3/4 x 9 1/4 jumbo cell slate; 2 1/2 in. length of stylus.
Made: Matrix Tool and Mold Company
Material: Plastic, steel
Updated: 10/03/2013
