Accession Number: 2004.134.49.139
Description: Black and white glossy; American Printing House for the Blind employee operating a thermoform machine; the machine is open and she has a thermoform sheet in her left hand and a printed sheet in her right; she has long hair that is tied back in a ponytail; she is wearing a short-sleeved shirt and rolled-up jeans with tall white socks and loafers; on the table to her right are stacks of blank thermoform sheets; several racks for holding finished sheets are visible in the background; another APH workers is visible in the left background.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 9" (h) x 7" (w)
Date: ca. 1970
Photographer: Unidentified
History/Provenance: Thermoform machines are used to make tactile graphics. An operator places the plastic thermoform sheet over a raised ink printout and presses it inside of the hot thermoform machine. The heat melts the plastic producing a mold of the graphic which is much cheaper to produce.
Credit Line: (see provenance)
Subjects: Tactile graphics Thermoforming
