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Description
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| Black enameled aluminum frame resting on four black rubber feet, stenciled in gold on steel bar above keyboard, "The Hall Braille Writer/Patent Pending"; arched aluminum bar extends backwards from the front top of the frame to the upward writing aluminum embossing head protruding through a slot in the carriage; keyboard has six black-enameled wooden keys with beveled fronts, oval black rubber space key is mounted in the middle of the keyboard, projecting above and slightly forward of the dot keys, all keys are housed in a yellow celluloid covered wooden keyboard shield bolted to the frame, with a black enameled tinplate backplate; aluminum carriage with white hard rubber platen and smaller red rubber-covered steel paper roller, natural finish wooden platen knobs on both sides, four rolled nickel-plated steel paper storage rings bolted under carriage; toothed nickel-plated carriage release bar with angled lever on left is mounted on front of carriage; stamped into release bar, "MADE BY S.J. SEIFRIED CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A. 7775"; carriage return bell screwed under carriage on left; tension for carriage provided by a spring-loaded pulley attached to carriage with cotton cord. |
Hall Braille Writer
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Copyright Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
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Image Courtesy Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind. Note: use of some materials may be restricted, please call before publishing in any format.