Embossed sample of Boston line letter for World’s Columbian Exposition

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Accession Number: 2008.4

Description: Embossed specimen reads: "The World's Columbian Exposition. Exhibit of the Ill. Inst. for the Education of the Blind at Jacksonville." Beneath this text is embossed the Biblical verse, Isaiah 42:16. Reverse is blank.

Height: 5.25

Width: 8

Date Made: ca. 1893

Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2008.4

Subjects: Exhibitions Line letter Printing and writing systems Tactile printing history

Made: [Illinois Institute for the Education of the Blind]

Material: Paper

Updated: 06/28/2021