Stereotype machines, ca. 1967

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2004.134.49.221

Description: Black and white glossy; an American Printing House for the Blind employee is typing braille into a stereotype machine; she is sitting at the machine with her hands on the braille keys; she is looking at a paper braille copy to her right; she has short hair and glasses, she is wearing a polka-dot dress; the paper braille sits on a easel that has a light over it and a piece of wood attached to strings that allows her to keep her place on the page; there is a control box to the right of the keypad that has a light that says "power on" and a switch that says "39-41 cells" and "38-40 cells," the switch is turned to "38-40 cells;" in the background, another employee is visible operating a stereotype machine; to her left is another unoccupied stereotype machine; behind her, against the wall are card catalog shelves.

Medium: Photographic Paper

Print Size: 8" (h) x 10" (w)

Date: ca. 1967

Photographer: Lin Caufield Photographers Inc.

Credit Line: (see provenance)

Subjects: Books Braille