Object ID:
1992.314.1a-d
Title:
New York Point embossing plates
Description:
4 embossing plates, produced from hand set type pressed into foil and mounted on a sheet of tinplate; New York Point alphabet, numbers, word signs, and punctuation.
Dimensions:
H-6 W-10.375 inches
Date:
ca. 1885
Made by:
American Printing House for the Blind
Place of Origin:
Louisville, KY
Provenance:
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."
The New York Point alphabet card first appeared in the APH catalog in 1876.
The New York Point alphabet card first appeared in the APH catalog in 1876.
Credit Line:
APH Collection, 1992.314
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1992.314.1d
1992.314.1d