- Accession Number:
- 2018.23
- Description:
- (a) Rectangular composite base with rounded corners, painted bright red, with four black rubber feet screwed to bottom; aluminum and steel chassis is painted red, black keyboard plate and diebox arch; carriage is nickel-plated and blued steel with exposed pulley style spring on front left; carriage release lever on lower right side of chassis; black wooden lower paper roller with knurled knobs on both sides and a spring-loaded steel paper clamp fitted into groove in roller, black rubber sheathed steel secondary paper roller on top; splayed steel keyboard with wooden keys topped by white plastic, space bar in center with key perpendicular to the key arm; serial number 869 on left side of the toothed front carriage bar; gold label on keyboard plate which reads "Mechanische Werkstatt fur Blindenhilfsmittel der DDR-7033 Leipzig Burgauenstrasse 9"; (b) russet faux leather vinyl carrying case, zipper closure, tooled strap riveted to sides.
- Height:
- 3.25
- Width:
- 8.75
- Depth:
- 7
- Date Made:
- ca. 1975
- Place of Origin:
- Leipzig, East Germany
- Credit Line:
- Museum Purchase, 2018.23.
- Subjects:
- Assistive technology Braillewriters Mechanical writing
- Dimension Notes:
- (a) overall
- Made:
- Mechanische Werkstatt fur Blindenhilfsmittel der DDR
- Material:
- Plastic, wood, steel, nickel, vinyl
- Updated:
- 02/16/2021
