Accession Number: 2003.185.4
Description: (a) Black enameled cast steel frame with conical front; six wood braille keys, with a space key extending from middle, set at 90 degrees to the other keys; gold script above keys, "Picht"; mfr label on flat front of the base of the diebox arch, "Bruno Herde und Friedrich Wendt, Berlin SW 19, Generalvertrieb: Reichsdeutscher Blindenverhand e.v. Berlin, Abt. Zentrale fur Blindenhilfsmittel"; blued-steel back space lever on right side of frame; blued-steel carriage release on left side; carriage is nickel-plated steel; wooden main roller with a spring-loaded paper clamp and knurled hard rubber knobs on both sides; secondary paper roller is black rubber covered steel with knurled steel knobs; back bar of carriage has a spring-loaded margin set with twenty notches stamped in the bar on the left; carriage return spring mounted under carriage to left and line return bell mounted to right; serial# stamped under margin control bar, "66620"; (b) base to original carrying case.
Date Made: ca. 1935
Maker: Picht, Oscar
Place of Origin: Germany
Collection: c KSB Collection
History/Provenance: c KSB Collection
Credit Line: Gift of the Kentucky School for the Blind, 2003.185
Subjects: Assistive technology Braillewriters. Mechanical writing.
Dimension Notes: 5 x 14 1/4 x 9 in. braille writer ; 1 1/2 x 15 x 10 1/2 in. base
Material: Steel, nickel, hard rubber, wood
Updated: 08/19/2020
