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