Object ID:
1992.59
Title:
Desk slate
Description:
Desk slate board, wooden, covered with sheet metal stamped with 28 lines of 37 braille cells; stamped nickel paper clamp on top; two vertical rows of seven holes flank metal plate for pins on slate.
Date:
n.d.
Place of Origin:
Unknown
Provenance:
Perhaps an experimental design for a full page slate that was never released. The paper clamp design, copied from the Perkins slate board, dates this after 1940.
Credit Line:
APH Collection, 1992.59
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Desk Slate Board
Desk Slate Board