Object ID:
1992.276.1-5
Title:
Brass plates for embossing of "At Dawning" braille music
Description:
Five embossing plates used to produce braille sheet music by Charles Wakefield Cadman for medium voice in G flat. Words by Nelle Richmond Eberhart. Reproduced from: Oliver Ditson, c1906.
"Stereotyped and printed at the Illinois School for the Blind, Jacksonville, Ill., 1935" --t.p. plate.
"Stereotyped and printed at the Illinois School for the Blind, Jacksonville, Ill., 1935" --t.p. plate.
Dimensions:
H-10 W-8.5 inches
Date:
1935
Made by:
Illinois School for the Blind
Place of Origin:
Jacksonville, IL
Provenance:
Plates came to APH from the Illinois Braille and Sightsaving School, formerly the Illinois School for the Blind, Jacksonville. The school closed its printshop in the summer of 1963 and donated its finished stock and printing plates to APH, including a valuable collection of braille music. Most of the machinery in the shop was bought by APH and brought to Louisville.
Credit Line:
APH Collection, 1992.276
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Brass embossing plate, braille
Brass embossing plate, braille