1992.51a-b

Large Merrick Interlining Frame

Desk slate for writing interlined micro braille. Consists of a left-hinged metal guide/frame, rounded on right, with two lines of 40 braille cells, and a natural-finish wood board with hinged wooden paper clamp at top (chamfered edge) and two vertical grooves (twelve holes in each) to accommodate pegs on reverse of removable guide/frame.
.51a - board
.51b - guide

W-9.5 L-14 D-5 inches

ca. 1932

Royal National Institute for the Blind.

London, England

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.

APH Collection, 1992.51