Accession Number: 2018.25
Description: (a) Braillewriter: Black enameled cast-aluminum base with open cutouts beneath keyboard; fixed black steel diebox arches over the paper roller assembly; a separate aluminum plate is screwed over the gap between the base and the diebox, and features yellow and red paper label, "Karl Neubert/Blinden-Schreibgeräte/Leipzig W 33"; seven wooden braille keys with ivory plastic tops, slightly splayed; oval space bar extends out in middle, steel key-bars; nickel-steel back space lever is mounted on base to right of keyboard; flapper style carriage release lever is on left side of base; bright aluminum and nickel steel carriage; main lower paper roller is black enameled wood and has a spring loaded aluminum paper clamp inset down its length, knob on right is original Bakelite, knob on left is gray plastic typewriter knob; smaller diameter black rubber-covered steel paper roller is mounted above the main roller and held in place by spring-loaded bars; toothed steel margin set bar on back of carriage with two wire-spring nickel steel sets; carriage return pulley beneath front left of carriage, mounted to steel carriage rod; stamped on top right carriage, "1135".
Height: 3.5
Width: 16
Depth: 9
Date Made: ca. 1955
Place of Origin: Leipzig, East Germany
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2018.25.
Subjects: Assistive technology Braillewriters Mechanical writing
Dimension Notes: overall
Made: Karl Neubert Blinden-Schreibgeräte
Material: Aluminum, wood, rubber, Bakelite, plasticsteel, nickel
Updated: 02/16/2021
