Prototype Check Writing Guide

Guide, Writing

Accession Number: 2019.15.1

Description: Plywood board, 3x6" rectangular recess cut into top left; 3/4" wood strip glued to left edge of top of board; four (4) wires stretch horizontally across the recess, with their ends buried in holes on the margins and the holes filled with solder, the second wire from the top appears to have been repaired with two green thumb tacks; lead fishing weights are crimped into the wires, one on the bottom wire, two on the third wire, and two on the top wire; bottom of the board covered with white felt; there is a sample paper check in the recess from a Logansport, Indiana attorney, George Wildman.

Height: 10

Width: 7.25

Depth: 0.875

Date Made: 1954

Maker: Keitzer, Jack

Place of Origin: Walton Township, Indiana

Credit Line: Gift in Memory of Mildred Miller, 2019.15.

Subjects: Checks Banking Rehabilitation Blindness

Dimension Notes: overall

Made: Keitzer, Jack

Material: Wood, steel, cotton, paper

Updated: 06/10/2019