Pins up aluminum slate

Slate, Pocket

Accession Number: 1992.16

Description: Aluminum slate; piano hinge with hand crimped curls on short side; four lines of 31 cells; four steel pins up. curved curout in end of upper frame; no markings; cells are same size as APH slates (.09 x .25"), but are closer together horizontally and vertically, 1/16" between columns, 3/32" between rows.

Height: 1.5

Width: 7.75

Depth: 0.25

Date Made: ca. 1900

Place of Origin: Chicago, IL

Collection: APH Collection

History/Provenance: APH Collection

Subjects: Braille Slates. Tactile writing

Dimension Notes: overall

Made: Harrison and Seifreid

Material: Aluminum, steel

Updated: 07/24/2015