1992.314.5a-h

American Braille embossing plates

Eight (8) embossing plates, produced from hand set type pressed into foil and mounted on a sheet of tinplate; American Braille alphabet, punctuation, numbers, contractions.

H-6 W-10.25 inches

ca. 1900

American Printing House for the Blind

Louisville, KY

1885 Annual Report: "The unique method of stereotyping, by which is secured a flexible stereotype plate, made of tin foil, amalgamated to a sheet of ordinary roofing tin, is the quickest, and cheapest, and for embossing work the best method in use. The double-cylinder press, made from special designs, prints four pages at every revolution, and will make thirty or more revolutions a minute. The flexible plates adapt themselves to the cylinders without any planing, and the character of the embossing speaks for itself."
APH produced its first alphabet cards for American Braille in 1899.

APH Collection, 1992.314