Object ID:
2007.29.3
Title:
Freehand drawing stylus for tactile graphics
Creator:
Howe Memorial Press
Description:
Stainless steel bar bent into U shape spring; hollow point steel stylus secured by black plastic knob on top extension; steel dot on bottom extension which meets stylus point when spring/bar is compressed.
Dimensions:
H-2.5 W-0.875 D-9 inches
Date:
ca. 1976
Made by:
Howe Memorial Press
Place of Origin:
Watertown, MA
Provenance:
Designed to be used along with a braillewriter to create tactile maps and diagrams on paper; the long spring handles allowed placement of braille dots in curves and other shapes anywhere on common sizes of paper. Found as part of materials collected by APH to study education products produced by other companies.
Introduced in the 1976 Howe Press catalog.
Introduced in the 1976 Howe Press catalog.
Credit Line:
APH Collection, 2007.29.
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Freehand Drawing Stylus
Freehand Drawing Stylus