- Accession Number:
- 2013.8.59
- Description:
- Prototype of an educational aid designed to teach braille learners about the use of a braille slate; white, solid plastic frame has one row of ten braille cells with clear plastic pegs to represent braille dots; pegs not removable but can be pushed up or down into the braille cell holes, which are approximately 1/8" in diameter and extend from the front through the back of the frame; four plastic nubs extend 1/4" from each corner of the frame, which can be placed with either side up for use; frame secured with eight black plastic screws; handwritten marking on one side of the prototype reads ".120"; another illegible.
- Height:
- 0.125
- Width:
- 1.75
- Length:
- 7.75
- Date Made:
- ca. 1993
- Maker:
- Poppe, Tom
- Place of Origin:
- Louisville, KY
- Collection:
- APH Collection
- History/Provenance:
- APH Collection
- Credit Line:
- APH Collection
- Subjects:
- Braille Writing Instructional aids, tools, and supplies Prototypes Product and market development
- Made:
- American Printing House for the Blind
- Material:
- Plastic
- Updated:
- 06/27/2013
