Accession Number: 2006.60.43
Description: (a) Steel hand tool; two steel bars connected at one end by steel plates secured with two hex-headed thumb screws; on far end of top bar is an hammer plate, and a fitting to secure a die with a hex screw; far end of lower bar holds the matching die, also with hex screw; (b) wooden block, enameled black, top edges slightly chamfered, drilled with sixteen holes which hold eight pairs of dies; dies include three lines of various width and length, three beads of increasing size, and two semi-circles; stamped on side of block, "DAMECO".
Height: 1.5
Width: 1.25
Depth: 14.125
Date Made: ca. 1950
Maker: American Printing House for the Blind
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: APH Collection
Credit Line: APH Collection, 2006.60
Subjects: Embossing (Printing) Tactile graphics Tactile printing history
Dimension Notes: (b) 8.75x2x1.75" overall
Material: Steel, wood
Updated: 06/18/2009
