Accession Number: 2007.33.23
Description: Embossing plate for tactile map, grid street pattern with various buildings indicated by raised nail heads; plate originally cast from printer's metal, some machine tool marks evident in recessed areas; plate pinned to wood block; embossed lines and pigmentation on wood block beneath the plate suggest that the block once formed part of a tactile map or diagram of some sort and was reused.
Height: 4.25
Width: 7
Depth: 1.25
Collection: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives
History/Provenance: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives
Credit Line: Gift of Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
Subjects: Orientation & mobility Tactile graphics
Dimension Notes: overall
Material: Wood, lead, tin, steel
Updated: 04/29/2014
