Full page braille slate prototype

Slate

Accession Number:
1992.6
Description:
Full page braille slate, cream colored epoxy plastic; full piano hinge on left; twenty-eight lines of thirty-seven cells, divided into groups of seven sections of four lines each; raised dots separate every five cells; bottom frame has recessed pits, windows on top frame have slight dimples to guide placement of stylus; four pins up on lower frame; machining marks on bottom frame, crudity of the casting and poor finish on the hinge mark this as a prototype.
Height:
10.625
Width:
12.375
Depth:
0.25
Date Made:
n.d.
Collection:
APH Collection
History/Provenance:
APH Collection
Credit Line:
APH Collection, 1992.60
Subjects:
Boards (writing) Braille Slates Tactile writing
Dimension Notes:
overall
Made:
unknown
Material:
Plastic
Updated:
01/29/2015