Pocket slate

Slate, Pocket

Accession Number: 1992.28

Description: Natural (unpigmented) plastic pocket slate; piano hinge on one short side; four (4) lines of twenty-eight (28) braille cells; slight indents in top frame guide placement of stylus; bottom frame cast with six indented holes under each opening in the top frame; three horizontal raised lines on top frame, raised dots divide cells every five columns; raised lip on open end of upper frame facilitates opening; four registration pins up from lower frame fit into holes in upper frame; cast into upper frame, "AMER. PRINTING HOUSE/ FOR THE BLIND/ LOUISVILLE, KY."

Height: 1.75

Width: 8.25

Depth: 0.25

Date Made: ca. 1972

Place of Origin: Louisville, KY

Collection: APH Collection

History/Provenance: APH Collection

Credit Line: APH Collection, 1992.28

Subjects: Braille Slates Tactile writing

Dimension Notes: overall

Made: American Printing House for the Blind

Material: Plastic

Updated: 07/24/2015