Object ID:
1992.31
Title:
Pocket slate
Description:
Clear plastic braille slate; piano hinge on one side; four (4) lines of twenty-eight (28) braille cells; slight indents in top frame guide placement of stylus; bottom frame cast with six indented holes under each opening in the top frame; three horizontal raised lines on top frame; raised lip on open end of upper frame facilitates opening; four registration pins up from lower frame fit into holes in upper frame; cast into upper frame, "AMER. PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND LOUISVILLE, KY."
Dimensions:
H-1.673 W-8.465 D-0.394 inches
Date:
ca. 1966
Made by:
American Printing House for the Blind.
Place of Origin:
Louisville, KY
Provenance:
The plastic pocket slate was introduced in the APH catalog in 1965-66.
Credit Line:
APH Collection, 1992.31
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Plastic pocket slate
Plastic pocket slate
Plastic pocket slate
Plastic pocket slate