Accession Number: 2007.33.8
Description: Orange painted faux leather Bakelite case, tote handle screwed to top behind lens housing, clear plastic spring loaded actuator level and aluminum "stimulator" with vibrating needle underneath handle; two round fresnel lenses on front of case; push button range buttons to either side of handle; charging jack on back of handle; aluminum base plate with label, "Model G5 Serial No. 7/Bionic Instruments, Inc./formerly Biophysical Instruments, Inc./Philadelphia, Pa."; clear braille labels at charging jack, "#1" and on top front, "thumb".
Height: 6.875
Width: 4.125
Depth: 7.5
Date Made: ca. 1954
Place of Origin: Philadelphia, PA
Collection: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives
History/Provenance: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives
Credit Line: Gift of Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
Subjects: Orientation & Mobility Electronic Travel Aids
Dimension Notes: overall
Made: Bionic Instruments, Inc.; Benham, Thomas A.
Material: Plastic, Bakelite, aluminum, glass, brass
Exhibit Label: Detector, Obstacle
Updated: 04/29/2014
