Hall Braille Writer, S. J. Seifried, Chicago
notes: label: Description
content: Frank Haven Hall (1841-1911), Superintendent of the Illinois State School for the Blind, announced his invention of the Hall Braille writer in May 1892 and unveiled an example at the World's Columbian Exposition in October 1893. This example was made by Samuel John Seifried in Chicago.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Help for the Blind. Prof. Hall’s Successor for the Stylus and Tablet,” Chicago Tribune (March 12, 1893), p. 38.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Braille
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Illinois Braille and Sight Saving School
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.308162.01
label: accession number
content: 308162
label: catalog number
content: 308162.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Braille Writer
label: Object Name
content: braille writer
label: Other Terms
content: Braille Writer; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 14 in x 8 3/4 in; 16.51 cm x 35.56 cm x 22.225 cm