Accession Number: 2004.134.49.122
Description: Black and white glossy; American Printing House for the Blind employees are operating clamshell presses in the 1947 annex; three women stand in a row operating the presses while a group of seven that is touring the factory looks on; three windows line the wall on the left and three line the wall behind them; the worker closest to the camera is feeding paper into the press; there are stacks of paper all around; two folders in the foreground have "Books Keep Dry" written upside-down on them; a large sign with "15" is hanging by a string in the background to indicate the stop on the tour.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 4" (h) x 5" (w)
Date: ca. 1956
Photographer: Unidentified
History/Provenance: Thompson Platen Presses were a type a clamshell press. A pair of braille embossing plates are held open in the jaws of the press, the operator's left hand removes a sheet of paper from the press as his right hand reaches for a fresh sheet from a stack on a table to his right.
Credit Line: (see provenance)
Subjects: Presses Printing presses Braille
