Shoelace Aid

Model, Instructional

Accession Number: 2009.22.2

Description: (a) model of shoe, assembled from 5/16" plywood, squarish with rounded front corners, back is open; enameled blue; set of four brass plated lacing eyelets in blue naugahyde material glued behind toe; (b,c,d) white nylon laces, tips heat sealed and wrapped with black heat-shrink tubing, one tip is smooth the other has a ridged texture; (e,f) white cotton shoelaces.

Height: 5

Width: 4

Length: 8.25

Date Made: ca. 1990

Maker: American Printing House for the Blind

Place of Origin: Louisville, KY

Collection: APH Collection

History/Provenance: APH Collection

Credit Line: APH Collection, 2009.22

Subjects: Blind children Instructional aids, tools, and supplies Shoelaces

Dimension Notes: overall

Made: American Printing House for the Blind

Material: Wood, naugahyde, cotton, nylon, brass

Updated: 03/08/2016