Accession Number: 2015.20.13
Description: Jumbo braille slate; bright aluminum; piano hinge with steel wire; four rows of eighteen(18) cells; slight dimples in windows of top frame to guide placement of stylus; lower frame punched with holes to form better dots; dymo tape slots in upper frame; raised lip on edge of top frame and matching cutout in lower frame to accomodate opening slate; raised lines above row one and row three; three raised dots above row two, spaced every five cells; four punched pins down, fit into holes in lower frame; stamped above hinge, "HOWE PRESS-PERKINS/WATERTOWN, MASS. U.S.A/JUMBO E-Z READ".
Maker: Howe Press-Perkins
Place of Origin: WAtertown, MA
Credit Line: Gift of Linda Gissoni, 2015.20.
Subjects: Braille Slates Tactile writing
Made: Howe Press
Material: Aluminum, steel
Updated: 10/26/2015
