1992.314.2a-b

Embossing plates for Key to Revised Braille in New York Point

2 stereograph plates, Key to Revised Braille in New York Point (a) alphabet ; (b) Whole Words (New York Point).

H-8.375 W-10.5 inches

ca. 1918

American Printing House for the Blind

Louisville, KY

APH acquired its first NY Point Stereotype machines in 1898 from the New York Insitution for the Blind, developed by William Wait in imitation of Frank Hall's braille stereotype machines (1892). APH did not get a braille stereotype machine until 1906. Revised braille was adopted in America in 1917 following the failure of American and British negotiators to adopt a common English braille, a feat not accomplished until 1932.

APH Collection, 1992.314