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Description
Photograph of J. Robert Atkinson (owner) standing beside a Braille press, 1928. Atkinson stands in a suit and dark glasses beside the press device, a complicated machine with a metal slate with Braille "words" on it. The device reads "Atkinson Model".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
Atkinson, J. Robert (John Robert), 1887-1964 Blind--Printing and writing systems Blind--Books and reading Blind Industry--Printing and printing presses--Braille Universal Braille Press Braille Institute of America, Incorporated Industrial sites
Time Period
circa 1928
Place
California Los Angeles USA
Source
41156 [Identifying number] 84-1-1818 [Microfiche number] CHS-41156 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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