Object ID:
2001.211.129
Title:
Interlining Frame
Description:
Heavy gold-tone anodized aluminum swivel desk slate for writing braille; 2 lines of 35 cells; large blunt pin on front of bottom plate; two pegs on back to fit holes in a smooth board; board not included. No markings; sides of frames show tool marks.
Dimensions:
H-1.25 W-11.25 D-0.625 inches
Date:
n.d.
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.
An interline slate allowed the user to write on both sides of a page. By alternating lines from front to back, the braille dots did not cancel each other out, but at the expense of text density.
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.
An interline slate allowed the user to write on both sides of a page. By alternating lines from front to back, the braille dots did not cancel each other out, but at the expense of text density.
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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