Accession Number: 2001.211.6
Description: Pocket braille slate; curled piano hinge; 6 lines of 19 cells; pins (down) in top allow paper to be read without removal from slate; raised lines on top frame divide rows into groups of two, raised dots divide columns every five cells; windows in top frame indented to guide placement of stylus; stamped "Howe Press Perkins Model 2" and "E-Z Read" --front of slate.
Height: 2.625
Width: 6.125
Date Made: ca. 1965
Place of Origin: Watertown, MA
Collection: Ronecker Slate Collection
History/Provenance: Ronecker Slate Collection
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2001.211
Subjects: Braille Slates Tactile writing
Dimension Notes: overall
Made: Howe Press
Material: Aluminum
Updated: 10/20/2015
