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Large Type : Books for Students with Low Vision

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• Print, Photographic
• 2006.30.5
• Big Picture Closeup
• Color photo of Big Picture, April 1995. Negatives on file.... View Full Record
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• Book
• 2001.119.1
• Science Every Day [Text (large print)]
• Green clothbound boards with black print and illustration stamped on front cover and black print stamped on spine. Includes black and white illustrations, an index, and a vocabulary list. Our World of Science series. "Large-print Edition Published b... View Full Record
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• Book
• 2001.119.2
• We Are Neighbors [Text (large print)]
• Green clothbound boards with burgundy print stamped on front cover and spine. Blue and burgundy illustration stamped on front cover. 239 pages, includes black and white illustrations. Second reader of Ginn Basic Readers. Ellen Segner and Clara Ernst,... View Full Record
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• Magnifier, Electronic
• 2007.11.4
• Magni-Cam™ Electronic Magnifier
• Hand-held electronic magnifier with power adapter, video processor box, and cable to connect video box to either a television or computer monitor. Magnifier with built-in camera is placed on reading material which is magnified in black-and-white a ma... View Full Record
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• Magnifier, Electronic
• 2006.55
• The Big Picture
• Portable electronic magnification system consisting of (a) controller box with jacks for television cable, power adapter, and the scanner cable,, and switches for power and mode; (b) scanner unit, housed in gray plastic case with black rubber cable,... View Full Record
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• Magnifier, Electronic
• 2009.6.9
• Magni-Cam™ Triad Electronic Magnifier
• Hand-held electronic magnifier with power adapter, video processor box, and cable to connect video box to either a television or computer monitor; magnifier with built-in camera is placed on reading material which is magnified in color from a maximum... View Full Record
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• Book
• 1992.398-401
• Ivanhoe [Text (large print)]
• "Abridged for Sight-Saving Class Use by Robert Irwin, M.A., Director of the Bureau of Research and Education, American Foundation for the Blind, Inc., New York City" -- t.p. Red clothbound boards with black lettering stamped on spine and cover.... View Full Record
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• Book
• 1992.402
• We and Our Government [Text (large print)]
• Blue clothbound boards with black-stamped lettering on cover. Edited for Sight Saving Class use by Robert B. Irwin. Reproduced with permission of The American Viewpoint Society. ... View Full Record
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• Book
• 1998.76
• The Pocket Dictionary [Text (large print)]
• Blue clothbound boards.... View Full Record
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• Book
• 1999.4.14
• Apple IIe Owner's Manual [Large Type]
• Large Type Edition of the Apple IIe Owner's Manual prepared by the American Printing House for the Blind; catalog# 4-0129; spiral bound; tan faux leather cover.... View Full Record
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• Book
• 2000.81
• More Streets and Roads [Text (large print)]
• Green clothbound boards. Museum has volume 2 only. Printed on the front cover in black ink: More Streets and Roads. Printed on the spine in black ink: More Streets and Roads, Vol. II, Basic Readers 3 [superscript 2], APH. This title was one of the ba... View Full Record
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• Book
• 2000.108.9
• American Workers and Their Work [Text (large print)]
• Red cover with gold lettering. ... View Full Record
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• Book
• 2000.108.10
• In the Open [Text (large print)]
• Green cover with black lettering. Selections from various authors and publishers. ... View Full Record
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• Book
• 2000.108.11
• Our Insect Friends and Foes [Text (large print)]
• Volume 1. Illustrated; green covers with black lettering. ... View Full Record
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• Book
• 2000.108.13
• Birds and Bees [Text (large print)]
• Green covers with black lettering. ... View Full Record
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• Book
• 2000.108.14
• The American Twins of 1812 [Text (large print)]
• Illustrated; blue cover with black lettering. ... View Full Record
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• Book
• 2000.108.15
• Boys and Girls of Colonial Days [Text (large print)]
• Red cover with black lettering. ... View Full Record
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• Book
• 2000.108.16
• Adventure [Text (large print)]
• Large Type Edition, volume 2. Illustrated; green cover with red lettering. Editor was the Superintendent of Schools, Buffalo NY. ... View Full Record
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• Book
• 2000.108.17
• Sport [Text (large print)]
• Large Type Edition; gray cover with red lettering. Museum has volume 1 only. ... View Full Record
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• Book
• 2000.108.18
• Just Imagine! [Text (large print)]
• Illustrated; green cover with yellow and green lettering. ... View Full Record
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• Typewriter
• 2003.185.1b
• Remington Rand large print typewriter
• Gray aluminum, manual typewriter, large print type and QWERTY keyboard with black plastic keys; "Remington Rand" inscribed on front, behind keyboard; "Remington" appears above keyboard and "Deluxe" below keyboard; right arrow key in place of the le... View Full Record
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• Book
• 2010.28
• Large Type Demonstration Volume
• Demonstrator hardback large print book, one side printed in color, the other side flipped 180 degrees and in black and white; cover is from a 4th grade social studies textbook "World: Adventures in Time and Place," and features the death mask of Egy... View Full Record
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• Keypad, Auxiliary
• 2010.34.2
• Big Button Phone Attachment
• White plastic rectangular shell with twelve-key (12) spring-loaded keypad; large print numbers screened in white; pins on bottom designed to engage keypad of standard pushbutton phone; molded into chassis, "U.S. Patent No. 4002855/DESIGN & FOREIGN PA... View Full Record
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• Plate, Printing
• 1992.288
• Printing plate, papier mache matrix, and page proofs from first large type book at APH
• (a) rectangular papier mache matrix created from hand set monotype, page 80, Everyday Manners for American Boys & Girls; (b) rectangular cast type-metal printing plate, page 80, Everyday Manners for American Boys & Girls.; (c) page proof, page 80, Ev... View Full Record
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• Book
• 1994.11
• Keys to Spelling Mastery [Text (large print)]
• One volume; hardbound with orange covers. APH L-44500.... View Full Record
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• Unit, Visual Display
• 1992.300
• APH Individualized Study Screen
• Rectangular aluminum frame, track in frame holds a second aluminum frame known as a "tension strip"; two adjustable wooden legs bolted to the base of the main frame; braille instruction manual; pad of extra Deitzen tissue paper screens; APH label on... View Full Record
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• Book
• 1996.847
• Nineteenth Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools, 1916-1917
• Includes a report on pages 60-65, "The Blind and Sight Conservation Classes."... View Full Record
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• File, Document
• 1999.65.1
• ISAVE project file
• ISAVE manual drafts: original, 1998; 1999 version; a later 1999 revision; and ISAVE I components (released October 1999 in FY 2000). Also, includes a blank ISAVE Evaluation form, 1995 (folder 33); ISAVE Development Committee notes, 1997-1998 (folder... View Full Record
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• File, Document
• 1999.65.3
• Low Vision Research Project file
• Letters and research suggestions from professionals in the field of low vision participating in the APH Low Vision Research Project. Includes a "Think Piece on Critical Needs for Low Vision Research" submitted by Natalie Barraga. Includes copies of... View Full Record
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• Computer, Laptop
• 2009.24.8
• Viewscan Text System
• (a) Adapted Epson HX-20 computer, cream-toned plastic chassis with expansion unit bracketed on left; QWERTY keyboard, symbol keys in a dark brown, function keys in a gray-brown, return and break keys in red; integral paper tape printer slot in top le... View Full Record
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• Magnifier, Electronic
• 2014.30
• Voyager XL CCD Video Magnifier
• (a) camera unit: putty colored aluminum case with cream plastic face trim; chrome-plated steel stand on back supports camera unit above black aluminum base; putty plastic table maneuvers under the camera on steel track system; control panel on front... View Full Record
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• Glass, Magnifying
• 2015.11
• ZoomView video display magnifier
• Curved rectangular plastic magnifying lens with rounded corbers, black enameled-aluminum frame, brackets on sides of frame secured to wire stand with thumb screws, stand secured to rectangular black plastic feet with thumb screws on adjustable alumin... View Full Record
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• Magnifier, Electronic
• 2017.16.19
• Visualtek DP-10 Large Print Display Processor
• (a) Large Print Display Processor: rectangular cream aluminum case with rounded corners; front has power toggle on right, two ports for ribbon cable connectors, a female video-in jack and silkscreened label, "Visualtek Large Print Display Processor/M... View Full Record

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