- Accession Number:
- 2001.211.99
- Description:
- Hinged pocket slate; lightweight brass; 4 lines of 27 cells; pins in bottom; cells on bottom frame are raised rather than the recessed dots seen in downward-writing slates; stamped "Orbit Products, Inc. Box 123 Manchester Mo. 63011" --front of top plate.
- Height:
- 1.75
- Width:
- 8.75
- Date Made:
- ca. 1969
- Maker:
- Barr, Ruth
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, MO
- Collection:
- Ronecker Slate Collection
- History/Provenance:
- Ronecker Slate Collection
- Credit Line:
- Museum Purchase, 2001.211
- Subjects:
- Braille Slates Tactile writing
- Dimension Notes:
- overall
- Made:
- Orbit Products
- Material:
- Brass, copper
- Updated:
- 07/24/2015
