Tactile Printing

Book
1991.15
Robinson Crusoe [Line Letter]
Brown/burgundy marbled paper over boards; black leather on spine and corners; gilt trim on spine. Single-sided embossing. "Presented to the American Printing House for the Blind. By the Trustees of the Public Library of Kentucky" --t.p. Library tr... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.16
Map of Asia (physical) embossing plate
Raised Line Map of Asia (physical), with American (revised) braille labeling (dots are flattened).... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2000.85d
Photograph of nun using a braille paper punch
Black-and-white photo shows a nun using a paper punch to create holes along the binding edge of braille pages. A board is raised to a slant by two legs. Paper is placed on top of the board and a metal piece attached to the top of the raised end is us... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2004.134.21.1-3
Three photographs of Alba Beech Hudspeth
Black-and-white glossy photographs of Alba Beech Hudspeth using clamshell press and standing next to "Mr. Morrison."... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2004.134.64.1-9
IBM Musicwriter photographs
.1-.4 (four) black-and-white photographs of the IBM Punchcard Machine and electric Music Writer. Negatives only: .5 - Orchestra of the Blind, Prague - taken from news article .6 - Illustration of blind man tuning piano .7 - Blind man tuning piano... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2005.49
Tour group watching an APH braille transcriber stereotyping a braille plate
Black-and-white photograph shows a braille transcriber, Grace Braham Thompson, embossing braille plates using a stereograph at the American Printing House for the Blind. Honey Oliver is also stereotyping embossing plates, at top left. Several people,... View Full Record
Machine, Stereotype
1992.7
The "Crab" Duplicator
(a) Embossing machine from a hand operated machine for embossing braille onto aluminum stereotype plates; rounded bright aluminum and steel mechanism, embossing head on base, six bright aluminum keys on long arms played out to sides, three on each si... View Full Record
Guillotine, Paper
2006.19.1
Eastman #20 Guillotine Paper Cutter
Cast steel work table, enameled black, raised feet; 20" copper ruler screwed to side edge, fixed cutting edge screwed to front edge; curved steel guillotine cutter arm hinged in corner; cast in arm, "EASTMAN NO. 20".... View Full Record
Model
1992.296
Model, PEARL Companion Embossing Machine
A wooden model of the symbol press used to emboss metal printing plates with tactile symbols.... View Full Record
Certificate, Commemorative
1991.90
World's Columbian Exposition Certificate
Large paper certificate; at bottom, Columbus steers a large canoe filled with four figures representing the "races of the world"; to the left, "Columbia" holds a laurel wreath upward, pointing the way to the White City of the fair, depicted in a semi... View Full Record
Duplicator
1992.89a-f
In-relief braille writing duplicator
Duplicator has a metal frame with a wooden handle that moves pressure roller across braille plates. The handle is in an upright position. The following text is on the machine : "Societe Nationale de Constructions Aeronautiques du Sud-Est." "French Sy... View Full Record
Stool
2005.53.2
Stereotype stool
Four legged adjustable-height factory stool; glued-up round seat with rounded edge and contoured profile; four-armed black-enameled stamped steel seat frame screwed underneath seat, steel screw post fits into threaded four-armed fixture, each arm cur... View Full Record
Tongs, Embossing
1998.59
Tool for embossing symbol on metal embossing plate
Steel embossing plate symbol tongs; arms riveted to squared joint (rounded corners) ; exaggerated bend in top arm about a quarter down its length; slight taper in both arms from joint to jaws; fittings riveted in jaws form tap and die to create "X" s... View Full Record
Tongs, Embossing
1994.2
Embossing Plate Symbol Tongs
Embossing plate symbol tongs; zinc-plated steel arms meet at square joint, secured with two hex bolts and repair weld; riveted into jaws are two fittings forming a tap/die of a large raised circle; heavy welded hammering button on tip of top jaw.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
1992.273
Embossing plate for raised-line drawing, "Isotopes of Hydrogen"
Embossing plate used to produce a tactile illustration on paper. Part of original drawing (paper pattern) used to create illustration on plate remains glued on plate front. Braille title on plate: "Fig. 2 Isotopes of Hydrogen."... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
1992.276.1-5
Brass plates for embossing of "At Dawning" braille music
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... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
1992.320
Embossing plate for braille plaque to honor Clarence B. Jones and Richard Kinney of the Hadley School for the Blind
Embossing plate used to produce a braille plaque in grade 2 braille. Text reads: "The Hadley School for the Blind salutes and gratefully thanks for their generous gift of bringing education to the adult blind through home-study courses[,] Clarence B.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
1992.368
Plastic braille embossing plates for The Junior Confirmation Book
15 flexible plastic plates embossed on one side to produce braille copies of The Junior Confirmation Guide by author Jacob Tanner. The book was originally published by Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, MN, c1943. It was transcribed by Norma Lew... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
1995.6.1
Metal embossing plate for producing Moon Type
Zinc embossing plate used at the American Printing House for the Blind to print tactile Moon Type alphabet sheets that also included the phrase "God Is Love" in the same raised type. An onion-skin paper pattern of the same text, handwritten in pencil... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
1992.314.1a-d
New York Point embossing plates
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.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
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).... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
1992.314.3a-k
New York Point embossing plates
11 embossing plates, Essentials of Algebra (New York Point), by Webster Wells.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
1992.314.4a-c
Revised Braille printing plates
3 embossing plates, produced from hand set type pressed into foil and mounted on a sheet of tinplate; note back of plates indicates that braille dots have been stereotyped; (a) Revised Braille alphabet, punctuation, numbers, and word signs.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
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.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
1992.314.6a-d
Grade One Braille embossing plates
4 embossing plates, produced from hand set type pressed into foil and mounted on a sheet of tinplate; (a) Braille Grade One alphabet, signs, punctuation, and numbers and Grade 1 1/2 word signs and part word signs.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
1992.314.7
Embossing plate, The Lighthouse alphabet card
Embossing plate, The Lighthouse, American Braille alphabet card; produced from hand set type pressed into foil and mounted on a sheet of tinplate;... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
1992.314.9
Brass braille embossing plate
Brass Braille embossing plate, 10.5 x 13.5".... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
1992.314.14a-e
Boston Line Letter embossing plates
5 plates, Boston Line Letter Vocabulary; produced from hand set type pressed into foil and mounted on a sheet of tinplate; (a) first six lines, "let" to "had", second six lines, "old" to "put"; (b) first six lines, "act" to "Ben", second six lines, "... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
1992.314.15a-g
Boston Line Letter embossing plates
7 plates, Boston Line Letter vocabulary words, various sizes; (a) 3.75 x 10.25", two lines of words beginning with the and ending with owl; (b) 11.75 x 10.5", fifteen lines of words, first three lines "rod" to "goat,", second six lines, "began" to "... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.1
Map of Eastern Hemisphere embossing plate
Raised Line Map of Eastern Hemisphere with New York Point labeling.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.3
Map of Africa embossing plate
Raised Line Map of Africa with New York Point labeling.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.4
Map of Australia and Islands of the Pacific embossing plate
Raised Line Map of Australia and Islands of the Pacific with New York Point labeling.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.5
Map of Dominion of Canada embossing plate
Raised Line Map of Dominion of Canada with New York Point labeling.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.6
Map of Europe embossing plate
Raised Line Map of Europe with New York Point labeling.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.7
Map of North and Central America embossing plate
Raised Line Map of North and Central America with New York Point labeling (flattened dots).... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.8
Map of South America embossing plate
Raised Line Map of South America with New York Point labeling.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.9
Map of United States embossing plate
Raised Line Map of United States with New York Point labeling.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.10
Map of Central States embossing plate
Raised Line Map of Central States with New York Point labeling.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.11
Map of Middle Atlantic States embossing plate
Raised-line map of Middle Atlantic States with New York Point labeling.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.12
Map of New England States embossing plate
Raised line map of New England States with New York Point labeling.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.13
Map of South Central States embossing plates
Raised Line Map of South Central States with New York Point labeling.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.14
Map of Southcentral States embossing plate
Raised Line Map of Western States with New York Point labeling.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.15
Map of Western States embossing plate
Raised Line Map embossing plate, unfinished map of asia.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.17
Map of Asia (political) embossing plate
Raised Line Map of Asia (political), with American (revised) braille labeling (dots are flattened).... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.18
Map of United States embossing plate
Raised Line Map of United States with American (revised) braille labeling (dots are flattened).... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.19
Braille Alphabet Key embossing plate
Braille alphabet key.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.20
Key to revised Braille Grade 1 1/2 embossing plate
Key to revised Braille Grade 1 1/2.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.21
Key to Revised Grade 1 1/2 embossing plate
Key to Revised Grade 1 1/2.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.22
Bible Scriptures embossing plate
Page 1 of Bible scriptures, in revised braille grade 1 1/2.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.23
The Gospel According to St. John embossing plates
Title page to The Gospel According to St. John in revised braille grade 1 1/2.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.24
The Acts and the Epistles of Paul to Romans embossing plate
Title page to The Acts and the Epistles of Paul to Romans, in revised braille grade 1 1/2.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.25
The Gospel According to St. Matthew embossing plate
Title page to The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in revised braille grade 1 1/2.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.26
The Psalms, Volume 2 embossing plate
Page 87 of The Psalms, volume 2, in revised braille grade 1 1/2.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.27
The Gospel According to John embossing plate
Title page to The Gospel According to John, in revised braille grade 1 1/2.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.28
The Gospel According to St. Luke embossing plate
Title page to The Gospel According to St. Luke, in revised braille grade 1 1/2.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.29
The Epistles of Paul [through] Revelation embossing plate
Title page to The Epistles of Paul [through] Revelation, in revised braille grade 1 1/2.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.30
Fundamentals of Spelling embossing plate
Page 372 of Fundamentals of Spelling, in braille.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.31
Reader's Digest Renewal Notice embossing plate
Subscription renewal notice for Reader's Digest magazine, in revised braille grade 1 1/2.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2004.2.32
Reader's Digest Renewal Notice embossing plate
Subscription renewal notice for the braille edition of Reader's Digest magazine, in revised braille grade 1 1/2.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2007.11.3a
Latitude and Longitude of the Western Hemisphere embossing plate
Plate for use in a printing press to emboss a tactile map with raised lines indicating latitude and longitude of the Western Hemisphere. Braille labeling. Title also written in black marker for press operator. Clear tape around edges. Braille and rai... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2007.11.3b
Map of Africa embossing plate
Plate for use in a printing press to emboss a tactile map of Africa with raised lines and braille labeling. Indicates country borders, capitals, and rivers. Includes a map key. Title also written in black marker for press operator. Clear tape around... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2007.11.3c
Map of South America embossing plate
Plate for use in a printing press to emboss a tactile map of South America with raised lines and braille labeling. Indicates country borders, capitals, and rivers. Includes a map key. Title also written in black marker for press operator. Clear tape... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2007.11.3d
Map of Panama Canal and Canal Zone embossing plate
Plate for use in a printing press to emboss a tactile map of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone with raised lines and braille labeling. Includes a map key. Title also written in black marker for press operator. Clear tape around edges. Braille and raise... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2007.11.3e
Highways of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan embossing plate
Plate for use in a printing press to emboss a tactile map of the highways of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with raised lines and braille labeling. Indicates highways and city boundaries, with cities indicated by raised circles. Includes a map key.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2007.11.3f
Highways of Michigan embossing plate
Plate for use in a printing press to emboss a tactile map of the highways of Michigan with raised lines and braille labeling. Also indicates rivers and city boundaries, with cities indicated by raised circles. Includes a map key. Title also written i... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2007.11.3g
Map of North America embossing plate
Plate for use in a printing press to emboss a tactile map of North America with raised lines and braille labeling. Indicates country borders, Washington, D.C., and rivers. Includes a map key. Title also written in black marker for press operator. Cle... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2007.11.3h
Map of Alaska embossing plate
Plate for use in a printing press to emboss a tactile map of Alaska with raised lines and braille labeling. Indicates state borders, rivers, and mountain chains. Title also written in black marker for press operator. Clear tape around edges. Braille... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2007.11.3i
Physical Map of Europe embossing plate
Plate for use in a printing press to emboss a tactile map of Europe with raised lines and braille labeling. Indicates country borders, mountains, and rivers. Includes a map key. Title also written in black marker for press operator. Clear tape around... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2007.11.3j
World Time Table embossing plate
Plate for use in a printing press to emboss a tactile map showing the world time table with raised lines and braille labeling. Indicates continent borders, prime meridian, and lines of longitude. Title also written in black marker for press operator.... View Full Record
Plate, Embossing
2007.11.3k
Map of the British Isles embossing plate
Plate for use in a printing press to emboss a tactile map of the British Isles with raised lines and braille labeling. Indicates country borders, capitals, rivers/canal, and mountains. Includes a map key. Title also written in black marker for press... View Full Record
Book
2004.145
Third Reader for the Blind from Butler's Second Reader, 2nd ed. [line letter]
Raised letter book in 1 volume. Flexible brown cloth bound boards with leather on spine. Title embossed on plastic tape affixed to spine.... View Full Record
Machine, Sewing
2006.19.7
Morrison "Perfection" Wire Stitching Machine
Cast steel frame, enameled black; splayed legs; lower arm on front arches up to bottom work table (note parts of the lower work table are missing); long arm on back arches up to motor support, flywheel, and wire forming and stapling machinery; wire... View Full Record
Machine, Stereotype
1992.264
Stereotype Machine
Stereotype machine has a 47 in. x 30 in. wood base; black painted iron with decorative striping and scrolls in gold and red; paint is chipped; has been motorized and a switch added; label reads "State of Illinois, Illinois School for the Blind, 2406,... View Full Record
Machine, Stereotype
1992.265
Stereotype Machine
Console model electronic stereotype machine; gray enameled tinplate chassis on four legs with opening in front for operator's legs; top cover is gray enameled plastic shell with aluminum trim; eight-plastic-key keyboard mounted to front, flanked by t... View Full Record
Machine, Stereotype
2006.60.1
The "Crab" Braille Duplicator
Aluminum table pierced with two sets of columns of holes for the sliding plate holder; nickel silver plates screwed to the sides of the table number the rows of the two columns in braille (not completely consistent with American Braille), the left si... View Full Record
Machine, Stereotype
2010.1
New York Point Stereograph
Heavy cast iron table with molded apron, overall enameled unevenly with several coats of dark red paint; two cast leg pieces, each with two feet which gently curve outwards to steel casters, bolted to base of table; heavy cast U-shaped arch, hollow,... View Full Record
Book
1991.1
Essai sur l'education des Aveugles [Embossed roman letters]
The first embossed book for the blind. The embossed letters are inked. In 1784, Ha�y founded l'Institut des Jeunes Aveugles in Paris, France, the first school for blind children. The book was typeset and printed there by students of the school under... View Full Record
Book
1991.3
Cheap First Reader [line letter]
Embossed in combined type.... View Full Record
Book
1991.10
The Pilgrim's Progress [Lucas type]
"In T.M. Lucas's embossed stenographic characters." --t.p. "Published under the direction of the London Society for Teaching the Blind to Read, and for Embossing and Circulating the Authorized Version of the Bible for Use of the Blind." --t.p. Case... View Full Record
Book
1991.11
Robinson Crusoe [Line letter]
Brown marbled paper over boards; black leather on spine and corners; gilt trim on spine. Single-sided embossing. This appears to be volume 2 of a 3-volume set of the book printed at APH. The printing costs for that set were paid for by the Trustees... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2011.52.1
APH employees collating braille at round table
Black-and-white glossy photo shows five women, standing at a 13 ft. diameter turntable, collating braille pages of the John Milton Magazine. Three metal chairs in the foreground have "Round Table" painted on the upper back of each.... View Full Record
Embosser, Digital
2013.20.1
Juliet Braille Embosser
(a) embosser; SN# J0290; rectangular ivory-enameled steel body with hinged lid; dark gray plastic handles inset in sides; lid opens to reveal embossing head, carriage, tractor feed wheels, and sixteen key keyboard; paper feed slot on front; paper out... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2011.52.3
Jake Steffen in the APH Machine Shop
Black-and-white glossy photo mounted to gray matboard with a black border; machinist Jake Steffen stands at vice on workbench to left, wearing white shirt, necktie and light-colored shop coat; the machine shop on the third floor of the 1923 western a... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2011.52.8
Huntoon/Spencer Double Cylinder Press
Black-and-white glossy photo mounted to gray matboard with a black border; balding man in dark vest with striped tie stands behind the Huntoon/Spencer Double Cylinder Press on the third floor of the1923 western annex of the American Printing house fo... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2011.52.2
Cylinder Press at APH
Black-and-white glossy photo shows a man, who is wearing a visor, checking braille pages at a double-cylinder press. In the background, at right, is the earlier Ruggles press. As part of Superintendent E.E. Bramlette's efforts in 1928 to begin in... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2011.52.7
Thomson Universal/Colt's Armory Platen Press
Black-and-white glossy photo mounted to gray matboard with a black border; man in dark vest, white shirt, eyeglasses, and dark trousers stands with back to viewer with a Thompson platen press in the center of the shot, on the third floor of the 1923... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2011.52.6
Proofing Press
Glossy black and white photograph mounted to blue mat board; woman in dark jacket and skirt with wide, two-tone lapels, standing at proofing press examining proof copy of a braille page; oak table in center fireground with bundles of embossing plates... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2011.52.5
Rockstroh & Scheider Victoria Press, adapted for embossing braille
Black-and-white glossy photo mounted to gray matboard with a black border; man in apron, white shirt, necktie, and dark trousers stands facing right towards a Victoria platen press in the center of the shot, on the third floor of the 1923 western ann... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2011.52.4
Hall Double Cylinder Press
Black-and-white glossy photo mounted to gray matboard with a black border; man in bowtie, white shirt, and grimy light-colored coveralls stands behind the Hall Double Cylinder Press on the third floor of the 1923 western annex of the American Printin... View Full Record
Book
1991.2
The Mental Arithmetic of Warren Colburn [Line letter]
Black clothbound flexible boards; "Printed at the American Printing House for the Blind." --t.p. Other title: Colburn's Mental Arithmetic. ... View Full Record
Book
1991.5
The Constitution of the United States of America [Boston line letter]
In one volume; title page is missing. The book was first printed in line letter at APH in 1875. ... View Full Record
Book
1991.7
Sketches of the Orient [New York point]
Book is number 4 of The Companion Library series. Burgundy clothbound boards with leather-covered spine and corners; gilt-stamped lines on spine; title label on spine in print and embossed in New York point. "Stereotyped and printed with the permi... View Full Record
Book
1991.9
Selected Hymns, Prepared for the Religious Services of the Institutions for the Blind and for Private Use [Boston line letter ]
Single-sided embossing. ... View Full Record
Book
1991.12
Scott's Kenilworth (Condensed) [New York point]
Burgundy clothbound boards; leather on spine and corners; signatures separated with cardboard spacers; thread stitched. Paper label on spine reads "Kenilworth" in standard print and New York point. Reproduced with "permission of the publishers, Ne... View Full Record
Bible
1991.18
The Holy Bible [Boston line letter]
Brown clothbound boards embossed with a decorative design; leather on spine and corners. Museum holdings in this accession: volume 1. On spine: Old Testament, Vol. [1]. Contents: Genesis-Leviticus. Single-sided embossing; text pages are glued two... View Full Record
Book
1991.27
Up From Slavery [New York point]
Burgundy clothbound boards; leather spine and corners; signatures separated by cardboard spacers; thread stitched; paper label on spine with printed title. "Copyright 1900, 1901, Booker T. Washington, 2" --page 2. "Stereotyped and printed for the... View Full Record
Book
1991.31
Midsummer Night's Dream [Line letter]
Pages are sewn together and attached to a leather bound spine; remainder of cover is missing. Single-sided embossing. Gilt-stamped title and decorative lines on spine. Title also embossed in raised letters on paper label affixed to spine. On title... View Full Record
Book
1991.36
Essentials of Algebra for Secondary Schools [New York point]
Includes the TVL system of arithmetic symbols devised for New York point. "Embossed and stereotyped with permission of the author and his publishers . . . by the American Printing House for the Blind" --t.p. Embossed and printed title label affix... View Full Record
Book
1991.37-38
The Album [Braille]
Grade 2 braille, interpoint. Reproduced from: Farrar and Rinehart, New York. Museum holdings: volumes 1-2 only. Brown clothbound boards with gold-stamped lettering on spine and embossed braille labeling on front cover. Includes a tactile illustra... View Full Record
Book
1991.39
New Testament [New York point]
Holy Bible, New Testament, volume 2; green clothbound boards; black cloth on spine. Printed and embossed label on spine. ... View Full Record
Book
1991.43
Silas Marner [New York point]
"Stereotyped and printed for the New York State Library withe the permission of the publishers Harper and Brothers" -- t.p. Burgundy clothbound boards with tan cloth on spine and tips of corners.... View Full Record
Bible
1991.48
The Holy Bible [New York point]
"Containing the Old and New Testaments translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, vol. 6." -- t.p. Clothbound boards (green buckram; black cloth along spine); saddle-stitched signatures;... View Full Record
Book
1991.55
The Union Prayerbook for Jewish Worship, Part 2 [Braille]
At top of title page [title transliterated]: "Seder tefilot Yisrael." Contains: Yom Kippur Afternoon, Memorial, and Concluding Services. "Complete Hebrew and English text. . . . Published in the Revised Hebrew Braille Code" --t.p. The "first multi... View Full Record
Book
1991.56
The Swiss Family Robinson
Grade 1 1/2 braille. Brown clothbound boards with tan spine. For grades 4-7. Holdings: Museum has one volume only (number not indicated; may be volume 7) of a 9 volume set.... View Full Record
Book
1991.64
Børne-bog [Line letter]
Title translated: Children's book. Brown/red marbled paper over boards with brown cloth on spine and corners. Spine label has title in raised letters, with decorative design of raised circles at each end. Text pages are embossed on blue paper. Rais... View Full Record
Book
1991.67
A Rill From the Town Pump, and Mrs. Bullfrog [New York point]
"A Rill from the Town Pump" is a story in Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales. "Mrs. Bullfrog" is a story from Hawthorne's "Mosses from an Old Manse." "Printed and stereotyped by the American Printing House for the Blind" --t.p. Black cover; leather spine... View Full Record
Book
1991.68
The Growth of Music [Braille]
"In three volumes" -- t.p. Museum holdings: volume 3. "Produced with permission of the publishers, Oxford University Press . . . printed and published by the National Institute for the Blind, London" --t.p. Contracted braille; interpoint. Clot... View Full Record
Book
1991.69
Systemurkunde der Lateinischen Blindenschrift [Braille]
Decisions, amendments and supplements resulting from a 1917 conference held in Marburg about the (Latin) braille system. Embossed in contracted braille; interpoint. Black/gray marbled paper over boards; black cloth tape along spine and tips of co... View Full Record
Book
1991.72
Oberstufe der Naturlehre [Braille]
"Punktschriftband 1" --cover label. Interpoint braille. Museum holdings: volume 1. Gray/black marbled paper over boards; black cloth on spine and tips of corners; standard print labels on spine and front cover; braille label embossed in cloth on s... View Full Record
Book
1991.74
Delineatio Typorum Scripturae Graecae [Braille]
Decisions, amendments and supplements resulting from a 1917 conference held in Marburg about the braille system. Embossed in contracted braille; interpoint. Black/gray marbled paper over boards; black cloth tape along spine and tips of corners; p... View Full Record
Page
1991.83.1-5
[Five pages embossed in New York point]
Single sheets embossed on one side. Title and/or first lines of each follow: .1 - "To love is best" (title). .2 - "The voices of nature" (title); cut page torn from book .3 - "#16 The birds are singing sweetly clear" (first line). .4 - "Resol... View Full Record
Book
1991.102.3-4
Find It in a Song [Music (braille)]
Museum has Book 1 and Book 2; each in a black vinyl binder with a thermoformed illustration glued on the front cover. Pages are thermoformed and there are numerous tactile illustrations. A braille edition adapted from the original through the effort... View Full Record
Book
1991.103.1-4
Workbook. For Use with Commercial Law by P. B. S. Peters and Dwight A. Pomeroy [Braille]
"Revised by Harvey A. Andruss" --t.p. "Workbook. Commercial Law, fourth edition" --spine. Grade 2 braille; interpoint. Brown clothbound boards with black lettering on spine and embossed text on front cover at top left. A Perkins Institution for th... View Full Record
Book
1992.196a-d
Death of a Salesman [Braille]
For grades 9 to adult. Transcribed by the National Council of Jewish Women, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1967. Grade 2 braille. On cover: "Vacuum-formed from handtranscribed copy." White plastic comb-binding; blue paper covers. APH catalog no. T-0387. ... View Full Record
Book
1992.208
Guide to Good Cooking [Braille]
Grade 2 braille; interpoint. Running title: Guide to Good Cooking. Recommended for grades 7- Adult. "Compiled by The Detroit Edison Company, Home Square Division" --t.p. Green clothbound (buckram) boards; white-metal cercla binding; gilt-stamped... View Full Record
Book
1992.310
A Practical System of Tangible Musical Notation and Point Writing and Printing for the Use of the Blind [Boston line letter; New York point]
"A Practical System of Tangible Musical Notation and Point Writing and Printing "For the Use of the Blind By William B. Wait, Superintendent of the New York Institution for the Blind, Second Edition - Revised, Stereotyped and Printed by American Prin... View Full Record
Magazine
1992.317.1-2
Kneass' Philadelphia Magazine for the Blind [Kneass combined letter]
The magazine was established in 1867 by Napoleon Kneass and was probably the first U.S. magazine for the blind. Kneass combined letter was characterized by concave capital letters. "Entered at the Philadelphia Post Office as Second Class Matter, Publ... View Full Record
Catalog
1992.334
Catalogue of Books for the Blind in the Circulation Department [New York point]
Title from cover. Embossed in New York point and raised line letters on the front of the brown paper cover; text pages embossed in interpoint New York point. Contains an embossed key to Revised Braille Grade One and a Half. "The New York Public Lib... View Full Record
Book
1992.405
Hero Tales From American History [Braille]
Crimson hardcover with brown spine and corners. The book was published in 2 volumes, revised braille, grade 1 1/2. Museum has volume 2. Reproduced from: Century Company, New York, c1895.... View Full Record
Book
1993.17.1-2
Scientific Piano Tuning and Servicing [Braille]
Piano tuning, repairing and regulating. Reproduced from: Alfred H. Howe, New York, 1941. Grade 2 braille; interpoint. Navy blue clothbound boards; white metal cercla binding; gold-stamped lettering on spine; title label embossed in braille on fr... View Full Record
Book
1993.17.3
Radio from Start to Finish [Braille]
The development of radio (technology and broadcasting) and its uses. Reproduced from: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York, c1942. Grade 2 braille; interpoint. Green clothbound boards; white metal cercla binding; gold-stamped lettering on spine; tit... View Full Record
Book
1993.17.4
Make Radio Your Hobby [Braille]
A radio handbook written especially for the blind by a blind radio expert. Includes embossed diagrams. Grade 2 braille; interpoint. Gray clothbound boards; white metal cercla binding; black lettering on spine. Print date from spine.... View Full Record
Music, Sheet
1993.17.5a-e, g-k
The New Braille Musician [Braille]
Paperbound issues of the popular-music series; white covers with printed text on front covers in green ink that includes copyrights and publishers/permissions. Interpoint, grade 2 braille. Holdings: -- (.5a) Jan-Feb 1976, "Feelings," Albert Morris... View Full Record
Music, Sheet
1993.17.5f
Those Were The Days [braille]
Grade 2 braille; interpoint. Paperbound; white cover; printed text on front cover in green ink that includes copyright and publisher/permission. Transcription of: Essex Music, Inc., New York, c1962, 1968.... View Full Record
Booklet
1993.17.5m
Peter Pauper's Drink Book [Braille]
Red flexible covers; comb-bound. Interpoint, grade 2 braille.... View Full Record
Book
1993.17.5p
Primer of Braille Music [Braille]
Interpoint, grade 2 braille. "Based on decisions recorded at the International Conference on Braille Music, Paris, 1954, as set forth in the Revised International Manual of Braille Music Notation 1956, compiled by H.V. Spanner, Braille Music Secreta... View Full Record
Book
1993.20
Recueil de morceaux d'orgue [Braille]
"Collection of organ pieces for special use of the Imperial Institution for the Young Blind of Paris, composed by Gabriel Gauthier, Marius Gueit, Victor Paul, and Julien H�ry, past professors, present professors of the Institution" [translation] --t.... View Full Record
Book
1993.34
Laura Bridgman [Braille]
Embossed in grade 1 1/2 braille on green paper. Flexible brown boards with green cloth tape on spine; saddle-stitched. Burgundy cloth label on front cover with embossed short title "Laura Bridgman" in raised letters. Impressed in handwriting, with s... View Full Record
Book
1993.35
Disputed Passage [Moon type]
Flexible brown paper boards; pages of brown paper. Embossed for the Library of Congress. Museum has volume 1 only. ... View Full Record
Magazine
1994.3.1-5
The Sunday-School Weekly [New York Point; Line Letter]
.1 - July 21, 1895 issue in line letter; pp. 20-22. .2 - August 11,1895 issue in line letter; pp. 44-47. .3 - September 8,1895 issue in line letter; pp. 72, 73, 78, 79. .4 - September 8,1895 issue in New York point; pp. 71-75. .5 - October 27,... View Full Record
Book
1994.5
The Service of Compline [Moon type]
Embossed in Grade 1 Moon. Brown paper cover; side stitched. Title in white stamped letters on front cover. Text is single-sided embossed on brown paper. ... View Full Record
Book
1994.24
Moon Primer [Moon type]
Single-sided embossing; grade 1 Moon. First five pages provide the Moon alphabet, punctuation, word lists, and contractions. Saddle-stitched; blue paper cover. Author was a home teacher who taught blind students in the San Francisco area.... View Full Record
Book
1994.34
Book of Psalms [Braille]
"This volume of the Bible was owned and read by Helen Keller. Her favorite passages are worn from frequent reading." --display label. Clothbound boards; grade 1 1/2 braille; embossed at APH.... View Full Record
Bible
1994.37
The Holy Bible [New York point]
"The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, vol. 7, American Bible Society, NY, Instituted In The Year 1816, stereotyped and printed a... View Full Record
Book
1995.7.7c
Prize Essays Upon the Employment of the Blind, with extracts from other competing essays [Line letter]
Essays written by blind or visually impaired individuals about employment of the blind for a competition organized by Otis Patten, Superintendent, Arkansas Institution for the Education of the Blind. Patten offered cash prizes for the first, second,... View Full Record
Book
1995.13.1
A Condensed Etymology of That Portion of the English Language Derived From the Latin [Boston line letter]
Brown marbled paper over boards with black leather on spine and corners. Single-sided embossing. Title gilt-stamped on spine: Condensed Etymology. "Walter S. Fortescue, a.m., late Principal of the Germantown Seminary for Young Ladies." --t.p. ... View Full Record
Book
1995.13.2
The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ [Boston line letter]
Brown clothbound boards with black leather on spine and corners. Museum holdings: volume 1 only received with this accession. Contents: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Single-sided embossing. ... View Full Record
Book
1995.17.2
Special Holy Communion Service for Those at Home or in Hospital
Gray paper covers; stapled along left edge. Print label on front cover reads "Special Holy Communion Service For Those At Home Or In Hospital, Grade 1 Moon."... View Full Record
Book
1995.18
St. John [Moon type]
Burgundy clothbound cover with gold lettering; dark red leather on spine and corners; glilt-stamped lettering on spine; gilt-stamped title on black label affixed to front cover. Black label with gilt-stamped lettering attached to the inside of the f... View Full Record
Book
1995.20
Anthology of Poems [Braille]
"Published as a memorial to blind poet Jessie Florence Springer, affectionately remembered 'by her fellow members.' Two of her poems appear in the following pages" --t.p. Handwritten inscription on front-free endpaper: To Dr. Leonard Burford, With b... View Full Record
Book
1995.27.1-7
American Vest Pocket Dictionary [Braille]
Black clothbound boards; metal spiral binding; braille labelling on front cover, upper left corner; gold lettering on spine reads "The American Vest Pocket Dictionary, Stein, ed., In 7 Vols.; Braille Grade 2, American Printing House for the Blind, Lo... View Full Record
Bible
2015.9.1
The Holy Bible [Boston line letter]
Brown clothbound boards embossed with a floral pattern, with black leather corners and spine; five horizontal ribs embossed on spine; no spacers between signatures; single-sided embossing with pages glued together back to back;embossed on spine: "old... View Full Record
Book
1991.33
Gospel According to St. Mark [line letter]
The first raised letter book embossed in the United States, by Jacob Snider at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind in Philadelphia. Embossed single sided and glued up back to back; signatures oversewn 1/4" from edges; spine... View Full Record
Book
2016.4
Procede pour ecrire les Paroles, la Musique et le Plain-chant au moyen de points [line letter]
The first publication of the Braille music and literary code, it also includes instructions for writing the system. Blue marbled paper cover; print label on spine; paper spacers stitched into spine are pages from other embossed books; cotton rag pap... View Full Record
Bible
2017.13
The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
Tooled red leather-bound boards with gold stamped foil on the front, single sided embossing with the text in all capital letters. Embossed in Alston's type which was developed by the printer, John Alston. "Printed In The Asylum At The Institution Pr... View Full Record
Embosser, Digital
2017.22.1
BD-3 Braille Terminal
Portable braille embosser mounted in a brown plastic suitcase; pebbled faux leather finish with real stitching on the plastic case, hinged with locking arms, rim of case lined with brushed aluminum trim, chrome-plated rotating latches and carrying ha... View Full Record
Book
2018.28
Die Briefe St. Johannes, and Die Ebräer, St. Jakobi und St. Jude [line letter]
The Letters of John, Hebrews, James, and Jude from the New Testament of the Bible in raised letters; brown marbled paper covers with thin leather on spine; remnant of paper label pasted to top of spine; text block stitched together, no spacers; font... View Full Record
Book
2018.26
Milton's Poetical Works [line letter]
Volume One of the Perkins Institution for the Blind 1855 raised letter edition of Milton's works, this volume containing the first nine books only of "Paradise Lost"; embossed in Boston Line Letter on one side of the page; stacked paper spacers betwe... View Full Record
Book
1991.30
Fables [Boston line letter]
Case bound, with ends of pages folded to create spacers; stamped in gold on spine label, "Gay's Fables"; brown marbled paper-covered boards with dark brown leather spine and corner tabs; one-sided embossing in Boston Line Letter; gilt stamped letteri... View Full Record