Braille Slate
Production date
1920-1929
Country
England
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Object detail
Description
Hand operated slate and stylus complete with marking key, instructions glued to back.
Classification
DOCUMENTS Education braille board
Production date
1920-1929
Production place
Measurements
L20 x W230 x H290
Media/Materials description
Steel (Metals - Ferrous)
Indeterminate (Woods)
Brass (Metals - Non-Ferrous)
Indeterminate (Paper)
Indeterminate (Woods)
Brass (Metals - Non-Ferrous)
Indeterminate (Paper)
History and use
Dating from the 1920s, this braille slate was used by the Braille Writing Association of Brisbane. It was supplied by the British & Foreign Blind Association (since renamed the National Institution for the Blind), which was associated with St Dunstan's in London. St Dunstan's was set up to help veterans blinded as a result of their war service.
Braille writing dates from the Napoleonic wars of the early 1800s, when a system called night writing was developed to allow soldiers in Bonaparte’s French army to communicate safely at night. It was subsequently adapted by Frenchman Louis Braille into the alphabet used today.
By the late 1890s Queensland had its own Braille Writing Society, with the members transcribing books, often by hand.
Braille writing dates from the Napoleonic wars of the early 1800s, when a system called night writing was developed to allow soldiers in Bonaparte’s French army to communicate safely at night. It was subsequently adapted by Frenchman Louis Braille into the alphabet used today.
By the late 1890s Queensland had its own Braille Writing Society, with the members transcribing books, often by hand.
Registration number
H24007