Object ID:
2001.211.149
Title:
Tuck-away stylus
Description:
Aluminum, hexagonal-shaped handle; dark steel color; reversible unit unscrews from handle and contains a steel tip on one end and a white nylon eraser on the other end; for use with a slate. "Howe Press" is stamped in handle.
Dimensions:
H-2.25 Dia-1 inches
Date:
n.d.
Made by:
Howe Press
Place of Origin:
Watertown, MA
Provenance:
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. He was the uncle of Charles Zinser, who acquired the slate collection after Ronecker's death.
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase, 2001.211
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Combination stylus/eraser
Combination stylus/eraser