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Printer R. T. Allen works on a braille copy of "Mutiny on the Bounty", Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Printer R. T. Allen works on a braille copy of "Mutiny on the Bounty", Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: March 29, 1936
1936-03-29
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The Braille Institute of America in Los Angeles provides current reading material for blind persons. The article goes on to describe the processes used to transcribe a book into braille.
Photograph appears with the article, "Publisher Aids Blind," Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar 1936: A1.
R. T. Allen bends over a machine, delicately holding a sheet of paper between his fingers while a bench of tools including a hammer, pliers, screwdrivers and scissors stands nearby.
Text from newspaper caption: Here R. T. Allen, printer, is removing a sheet of dampened bond paper which has been squeezed between the zinc stereotyped plates. Fingers of the blind will interpret these dents as a page from "Mutiny on the Bounty."
RxTx Allen Braille Institute 3/36
Text from negative sleeve: 4569 - RxTx Allen operating a braille press at the Braille Institute March/36 [stamped:] Apr 1-1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13763
ark:/21198/zz002j7749
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Blind persons--California--Los Angeles
Printing--California--Los Angeles
Braille
Allen, R. T
Braille Institute of America
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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