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Title
Universal Braille Press and its activities in publishing books for the blind, ca.1928
Creator
Putnam Studios
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1928
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the Universal Braille Press and its activities in publishing books for the blind, ca.1928. The building stands at center, with two awnings draped over its large windows. A door at left bears the sign "Universal Braille Press Books for the Blind", while another sign over a smaller door at right reads "Braille Institute of America Inc.". The street runs in front of the building, painted with a stripe down the middle.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12463
USC-2-1-1-12618 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41149
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12463
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41149.jpg
Subject
Blind--Printing and writing systems
Blind--Books and reading
Blind
Industry--Printing and printing presses--Braille
Universal Braille Press
Braille Institute of America, Inc
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1928
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
41149 [Accession number]
84-1-1821 [Microfiche number]
CHS-41149 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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