2007.29.15

Perkins Model 1 Pocket Slate

Howe Press

Bright aluminum pocket slate; piano hinge on one side; four (4) lines of twenty-seven (27) braille cells; slight indents in top frame guide placement of stylus; bottom frame stamped with six indented holes under each opening in the top frame; single horizontal raised line 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; stamped into upper frame, "HOWE PRESS/PERKINS/MODEL 1".

H-1.75 W-8.25 D-0.125 inches

Howe Press

Watertown, MA

Howe introduced their aluminum pocket slate as early as 1918, when it sold for 85 cents. Found in office of Jim Hill. Labeled in fashion that suggests APH was researching educational tools, primarily writing tools, from competing manufacturers, ca. 1965.

APH Collection, 2007.29.