Object ID:
2001.211.42
Title:
2-line Interlining Pocket Frame
Description:
Hinged pocket slate for writing braille; nickel plated brass; open end of frames have rounded point; 2 lines of 30 cells; pins in bottom; pin missing at top right corner.
Date:
ca. 1930
Made by:
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Place of Origin:
London, England
Provenance:
RNIB was founded in 1868 as the British and Foreign Blind Association for Promoting the Education and Employment of the Blind. Its name changed to the National Institute for the Blind in 1914, and to Royal National Institute for the Blind in 1953. In 1920, NIB expanded its mandate to include the production and sale of "Apparatus for Use by the Blind" and produced its first catalog soon after.
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.
NIB catalog# 9045, 2 line interlining pocket frame available as early as 1933.
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.
NIB catalog# 9045, 2 line interlining pocket frame available as early as 1933.
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase, 2001.211
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Braille slate
Braille slate