Description: The American Braille Press was founded in 1915 originally as the British-French-Belgian Permanent Blind War Relief Fund. By 1927, the Press was embossing braille and manufacturing various aids and games from their factory in Paris, France under the leadership of George Raverat. This writer was invented in 1927 at the Press by chief engineer E. Jauny and sold until discontinued in 1935, after the introduction of the AFB Foundation Writer. Its two unique features are the 14" width of its carriage--wider than most braillewriters--and its carriage mounted keyboard and diebox. After the Press was reorganized as the American Foundation for Overseas Blind in 1945-46, in an atmosphere of shortage of almost every kind of equipment, the Jauny was briefly reintroduced. It appeared in two forms, a black version similar to the original 30s machine, and this green version. The green version was cruder, its bell was moved to the top of the diebox, levers and margin sets appear hand machined, and the overall impression is of a machine finished from leftover parts.
Height: 4
Width: 18.125
Depth: 7.75
Date: ca. 1946
