Object ID:
2001.211.108
Title:
Combination interlining and interpointing slate
Description:
Braille tablet-style slate; board has sixteen rows of evenly spaced, pitted cells, pins, and a top-hinged frame; eight guide holes in each side of frame; guide has rounded wings which stick out over the frame and two pegs on back to fit the guide holes in frame; two lines of twenty-three (23) cells; stamped on horizontal bar on top of frame, "American Braille Press Inc."; stamped on right side of the top of the frame hinge bar, "64"; three raised dots symetrically spaced along that same bar.
Dimensions:
H-10.75 W-6.75 D-0.375 inches
Date:
1925-1946
Made by:
American Braille Press
Place of Origin:
Paris, France
Provenance:
The American Braille Press was founded in Paris, France in 1925, an outgrowth of the Permanent Blind War Relief Fund which was formed during WWI. Helen Keller served on its board. The Press changed its name in 1946 to the American Foundation for Overseas Blind and became closely associated with the American Foundation for the Blind. AFOB became Helen Keller International in 1977.
Item is part of a slate collection that belonged to David Ronecker (1918-2001). He was blind since birth, 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). He was blind since birth, 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 desk slate
Braille desk slate