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Description
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| The Picht braillewriter has a black enamel finish and weighs 8 1/2 pounds. Nine inch wide paper is used, and the paper is stored around a solid wooden drum. The front face of each wooden key has a full braille cell with one larger dot emphasizing the correct key number. The braillewriter bears a gold script Picht logo and gold stripe decoration. An attached metal plate is inscribed with the following: "Bruno Herde und Friedrich Wendt, Berlin SW 19, Generalvertrieb: Reichsdeutscher Blindenverhand e.v. Berlin, Abt. Zentrale fur Blindenhilfsmittel." 1990.17.1 Picht Braillewriter, 1990.17.2 Case. |
Picht Braillewriter
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Copyright Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
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.
| Detail, Picht Braillewriter |
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.