Photo of APH transcriber embossing braille printing plate for first page of World Book Encyclopedia

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2011.23.1

Description: Black-and-white photo, matte finish, shows a braille transcriber seated at a stereotype machine, embossing a metal printing plate with braille text The printed volume of the World Book Encyclopedia, from which she is transcribing, is in a book holder to her left. Photo is mounted to white mat board and was used for promotional purposes.

Medium: Photographic Paper

Print Size: 14" (h) x 11" (w)

Date: ca. 1959

Photographer: Unknown

History/Provenance: Transferred from within APH to the APH Museum.

Subjects: Transcription Encyclopedias & dictionaries Photographs