Object ID:
2009.23.3a-b
Title:
Model 9017 Braille Frame
Creator:
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Description:
(a) Interlining braille slate board with groove and seven holes for slate pins on both sides, holes for removable paper clamp at top (clamp missing); bright aluminum top, thick fiber board pads underneath; (b) Model 9017 interlining braille slate; nickel alloy; swivel-hinged guide with two rows of 25 cells; heavy pins
Date:
ca. 1955
Made by:
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Place of Origin:
England
Provenance:
The NIB had its swivel-design M9017 small interlining slate available as early as 1932. The aluminum board with removable paper clamp dates from the 1950s. Catalogs at APH show a wooden model in the '30s and '40s, and a chipboard model by 1968.
Credit Line:
APH Collection, 2009.23.
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RNIB Desk Slate
RNIB Desk Slate