Slate in Wooden Frame
notes: label: Description
content: From colonial times, American children learned mathematics by writing and solving problems on slates.This one was given to the Smithsonian in 1975. Slates generally fell out of favor in American schools in the early twentieth century, which accounts for the very rough date assigned to the object.
label: Description
content: The central piece of slate has a wooden frame. The initials H R B are incised along one long edge of the frame. The initials W B and R B are incised on the other side of the frame.
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Education
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.335279
label: catalog number
content: 335279
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: slate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: slate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .7 cm x 27.4 cm x 19.4 cm; 9/32 in x 10 25/32 in x 7 5/8 in