Accession Number: 2007.29.12
Description: Bright aluminum finish pocket slate; piano hinge on one side; four (4) lines of twenty-seven (27) braille cells; slight indents in top frame guide placement of stylus; bottom frame stamped with six indented holes under each opening in the top frame; horizontal raised line on top frame between rows two and three; raised lip on open end of upper frame facilitates opening; four registration pins up from lower frame fit into holes in upper frame; cast into upper frame, "HOWE PRESS/PERKINS/MODEL 1".
Height: 1.75
Width: 8.25
Depth: 0.125
Maker: Howe Press
Place of Origin: Watertown, MA
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: APH Collection
Credit Line: APH Collection, 2007.29.
Subjects: Braille. Instructional aids, tools, and supplies. Slates. Tactile writing.
Dimension Notes: overall
Made: Howe Press
Material: Aluminum
Updated: 07/22/2015
