Accession Number: 2010.11.9
Description: (a) wooden tray, painted sky blue; one full-depth, narrow compartment on left, labeled in braille, "PEGS"; ten half-depth, equally sized compartments, each pair labeled on front in braille, "A-B, C-D, E-F, G-H, J-K"; sides and dividers are solid wood assembled with nails and glue, bottom is 1/8" plywood; braille labels are embossed on brown "Dymo Tape"; six (6) "Type-A" blocks, 1" cubes with chamfered corners, labeled on sides in ink, A-2 thru A-5; two (2) "Type-B" blocks, 1" block with an additional block piece on side cut at 45 degree angle, labeled in ink, B2 thru B-3; two (2) "Type-C" blocks, two 1" blocks side-by-side, labeled C-2 thru C-3; four (4) "Type -D" blocks, similar to two "Type-B" blocks side-by-side, labeled D-2 thru D-4; three (3) "Type-E" blocks, three 1" cubes side-by-side, labeled E-2 thru E-4; two (2) "Type-F" blocks, four 1" cubes side-by-side, labeled F-1; two (2) "Type-G" blocks, eight 1" blocks stacked in cube, labeled G-2 thru G-3; three (3) "Type-H" blocks, four 1" blocks in square, labeled H-1 thru H-3; two (2) "Type-J" blocks, eighteen 1" blocks in 3x3x2 block, labeled J-1 thru J-2; four (4) "Type-K" blocks, nine 1" blocks in 3x3x1 arrangement, labeled K-1 thru K-2; the different design numbers designate hole patterns drilled in each block; seventeen wooden pegs with notched ends, four white nylon pegs; manuscript design notes and diagram.
Height: 4
Width: 23
Depth: 7.25
Date Made: ca. 1982
Maker: American Printing House for the Blind
Place of Origin: Louisville, KY
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: APH Collection
Credit Line: APH Collection, 2010.11
Subjects: Educational toys Education of disabled persons Blindness Geometry
Dimension Notes: overall
Made: American Printing House for the Blind
Material: Wood, nylon
Updated: 04/25/2012
