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
