Accession Number: 1992.1
Description: 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 missing; back bar of carriage has a spring-loaded margin set with twenty notches stamped in the bar; carriage return spring mounted under carriage to left and line return bell mounted to right; serial# stamped under margin control bar, "66321".
Height: 5.31496063
Width: 14.96062992
Depth: 8.661417323
Date Made: 1935
Maker: Picht, Oscar, inventor
Place of Origin: Berlin, Germany
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: APH Collection
Credit Line: APH Collection, 1992.1
Subjects: Assistive technology Braillewriters Mechanical writing
Dimension Notes: 13.5 x 38 x 22 cm.
Made: Bruno Herde und Friedrich Wendt
Material: Steel, nickel, hard rubber, wood
Updated: 05/24/2021
