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