Object ID:
2001.211.135
Title:
Large Merrick Interlining frame
Description:
Hinged desk slate for interlining braille; 2 lines of 40 cells; 1 large blunt pin on front of bottom plate; 1 peg on back and missing a second peg to fit holes in a smooth board; board not included.
Dimensions:
H-1.125 W-11 inches
Date:
ca. 1935
Made by:
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Place of Origin:
London England
Provenance:
RNIB was founded in 1868 as the British and Foreign Blind Association for Promoting the Education and Employment of the Blind. Its name changed to the National Institute for the Blind in 1914, and to Royal National Institute for the Blind in 1953. In 1920, NIB expanded its mandate to include the production and sale of "Apparatus for Use by the Blind" and produced its first catalog soon after. This style appeared as early as the 1933 catalog and featured a narrower spacing, allowing forty characters per line.
Item is part of a slate collection that belonged to David Ronecker (1918-2001). Blind since birth, he attended the Missouri School for the Blind, worked in
Texas as a medical technician for the armed forces, and was an avid collector of slates. He was the uncle of Charles Zinser, who acquired the slate collection after Ronecker's death.
Item is part of a slate collection that belonged to David Ronecker (1918-2001). Blind since birth, he attended the Missouri School for the Blind, worked in
Texas as a medical technician for the armed forces, and was an avid collector of slates. He was the uncle of Charles Zinser, who acquired the slate collection after Ronecker's death.
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase, 2001.211
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Braille slate
Braille slate