Perkins Model 2 Postcard Slate

Slate, Postcard

Accession Number: 2007.29.16

Description: Bright aluminum postcard slate; piano hinge on one side; six (6) lines of nineteen (19) 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; two horizontal raised lines on top frame; raised lip on open end of upper frame facilitates opening; four registration pins up from lower frame fit into holes in upper frame; stamped into upper frame, "HOWE PRESS/PERKINS/MODEL 2".

Height: 2.563

Width: 0.063

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: Slates. Braille. Tactile writing.

Dimension Notes: overall

Made: Howe Press

Material: Aluminum

Updated: 07/22/2015