Tactile map printing block

Block, Printing

Accession Number: 2009.20.3

Description: Printers block, tactile map, 3x3 city grid, demonstrating use of various textures including solid lines, dotted lines in two sizes, dashed lines, stepped lines, solid and hollow circles to indicate destinations, and arrow; photo etched in brass, hollows in grid cutaway to reduce weight; mounted to glued-up woodblock.

Height: 6.375

Width: 6.25

Depth: 1

Date Made: ca. 1975

Maker: Unknown

Collection: APH Collection

History/Provenance: APH Collection

Credit Line: APH Collection, 2009.20.

Subjects: Orientation & Mobility Tactile graphics Maps

Dimension Notes: Overall

Material: Wood, brass

Updated: 02/15/2021