Accession Number: 2004.134.66.1
Description: Black and white glossy; photo of a wooden spelling case; top has grooves in which small wood pieces with raised letters of the alphabet fit and slide; letters painted black and include upper and lower case letters, periods, and ampersands; pieces can be moved along the grooves to three horizontal grooves located in the middle of the case to form words and sentences; blue paper label glued to top left side of the case, "Amusement With Instruction, The Spelling Case, JW Schermerhorn & Co., Publishers & Manufacturers, 30 E. 14th St., N.Y.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 8 x 10 in.
Date: 1995
Photographer: Unidentified
History/Provenance: Spelling board is a loan from the Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, Mass. It is displayed in an exhibit in the Callahan Gallery of the Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind.
Credit Line: (see provenance)
Subjects: Reading devices Spelling Education
