Kelly press, ca. 1940

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2004.134.49.121

Description: Black and white glossy; an American Printing House employee is operating a Kelly Press; she stands at the end of the press where the paper is released; she is wearing a knee-length skirt, a sweater, and loafers and she has short curly hair; there are stacks of braille pages behind her; there is a radiator on the far right wall; she is printing ink magazine pages, the one on top says "The Upper Room."

Medium: Photographic Paper

Print Size: 8" (h) x 10" (w)

Date: ca. 1940

Photographer: Unidentified

History/Provenance: The Kelly Press was invented by William Kelly in 1914. It was an ink printing press that the American Printing House converted for braille production.

Credit Line: (see provenance)

Subjects: Presses Printing Printing presses