Object ID:
2001.211.44
Title:
Braille Pocket Slate
Description:
Hinged nickel-plated brass pocket slate; 4 lines of 28 cells; pins in bottom plate. A precursor to today's standard APH slate. "Made By Cooper Eng. & Mfg. Co. Chicago, Ill U.S.A." --top plate.
Date:
ca. 1925
Made by:
Cooper Engineering & Manufacturing Company
Place of Origin:
Chicago
Provenance:
The Cooper Manufacturing Company took over the braillewriter and slate manufacturing lines of Samuel Seifreid after his death in 1912. For years APH referred orders for these items to Cooper. In 1924, APH purchased Cooper's slatemaking designs and equipment and began manufacturing them in Louisville.
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. His nephew, Charles Zinser, sold 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. His nephew, Charles Zinser, sold the slate collection after Ronecker's death.
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase, 2001.211
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Cooper Pocket Slate
Cooper Pocket Slate