Accession Number: 2009.23.4a-b
Description: Perkins Institute Model 13 Desk Slate; rectangular wooden board with parallel grooves in sides, seven pairs of holes in grooves to hold pins in the slate; nickel plated brass paper clamp riveted to top of board, clamp has a piano hinge with a steel wire pin, two teeth on bottom pass through holes in the top plate of the clamp; nickel plated brass slate, four rows of 34 cells, cells have dimpled cutouts to hold stylus point in proper position; raised bead horizontally on top of slate between the second and third row of cells; steel pin on piano hinge; single pin (down) on top frame of slate passes through matching hole in bottom frame; bottom plate of slate has six hollows punched under each cell to help form proper dots.
Height: 12.75
Width: 10.5
Depth: 0.75
Maker: Howe Memorial Press, Perkins Institution
Place of Origin: Watertown, MA
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: APH Collection
Credit Line: APH Collection, 2009.23.
Subjects: Boards (writing) Braille Slates. Tactile writing
Dimension Notes: overall, board
Made: Howe Memorial Press, Perkins Institution
Material: Wood, steel, nickel, brass
Updated: 07/22/2015
