Object ID:
2006.60.2
Title:
Model, APH Portable Plus Phonograph
Creator:
Poppe, Tom
Description:
Half-scale wooden model of the APH Portable Plus Talking Book Machine; hand carved; painted gray with silver used for aluminum trim; applied black wooden carrying handle; window screening used on top for speaker grill; four black rubber feet; four black plastic knobs on right, along with seven small nuts used to suggest various jacks; penciled "APH" logo on the front.
Date:
ca. 1989
Made by:
American Printing House for the Blind
Place of Origin:
Louisville, KY
Collection:
APH Collection
Provenance:
The Portable Plus was designed and entirely assembled at the American Printing House for the Blind under an agreement with the Variable Speed Corporation. APH catalog number 1-01000-00. This was a model of the exterior case produced by model maker Tom Poppe.
Credit Line:
APH Collection, 2006.60
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Model of Portable Plus
Model of Portable Plus