- Accession Number:
- 2020.13.1
- Description:
- (a) Wooden board to a desk slate; 2 vertical rows of 7 holes on front; hinged nickel alloy paper clamp at top; "Perkins Inst. Model 23" stamped on left side of clamp; diagonally arranged holes in middle of board for slate storage; (b) nickel alloy braille slate, four rows of 34 cells, cells have dimpled cutouts to hold stylus point in proper position; raised bead horizontally on top of slate between the second and third row of cells; steel pin on piano hinge; stamped at hinge on top frame, "Perkins Inst. Model 23"; single tooth on top of slate passes through hole in bottom; bottom plate of slate has six hollows punched under each cell to help form proper dots.
- Height:
- 12.5
- Width:
- 9.375
- Depth:
- 1
- Date Made:
- ca. 1950
- Maker:
- Perkins Institution for the Blind
- Place of Origin:
- Watertown, Mass.
- Subjects:
- Boards (writing) Braille Slates Tactile writing
- Dimension Notes:
- overall
- Made:
- Howe Press
- Material:
- Wood, nickel alloy
- Updated:
- 12/02/2020
