Object ID:
2001.211.37
Title:
E-Z Read Slate
Description:
Hinged pocket slate for writing braille; 8 lines of 28 cells; pins in top allow paper to be read without removal from slate; one pair of Dymo tape slots. "Howe Press Perkins School" and "E-Z Read" --front of slate.
Dimensions:
H-3.375 W-8.25 inches
Date:
ca. 1970
Made by:
Howe Press
Place of Origin:
Watertown, MA
Provenance:
Howe introduced the E-Z Read concept in 1965. Howe introduced the Dymo Tape slots in the early 1970s. The EZ-Read feature flipped the location of the pins on a slate, allowing the slate to be opened and the braille read without removing the paper from the pins.
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.
Dymo tape was introduced after 1958.
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.
Dymo tape was introduced after 1958.
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase, 2001.211
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E-Z Slate
E-Z Slate