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Equipment - Object, Bruno Herde and Friedrich Wendt, Picht braille typewriter

  • Wooden box with metal Braille typewriter

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  • Wooden box with metal Braille writer

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  • Paper attached to lid of box in German, describing use and care of typewriter

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  • Black rectangular base with seven black keys and silver plates for producing Braille at rear

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  • Black rectangular base with seven black keys and silver plates for producing Braille at rear

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  • Black rectangular base with seven black keys and silver plates for producing Braille at rear

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  • Black rectangular base with seven black keys and silver plates for producing Braille at rear

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  • Wooden box with metal Braille typewriter
  • Wooden box with metal Braille writer
  • Paper attached to lid of box in German, describing use and care of typewriter
  • Black rectangular base with seven black keys and silver plates for producing Braille at rear
  • Black rectangular base with seven black keys and silver plates for producing Braille at rear
  • Black rectangular base with seven black keys and silver plates for producing Braille at rear
  • Black rectangular base with seven black keys and silver plates for producing Braille at rear

Historical information

Oscar Picht invented this braille writer in Bromberg, Germany, where he was the Director of the Provincial School for the Blind. Seven keys facilitate the typing of Braille. All in a wooden box with a metal handle on the front and a hook and eye on either. The box looks handmade and was the property of Alfred W Phillips of Ascot Vale in 1934.

Physical description

Steel Brailler, black with gold decorative lines in a wooden box

Inscriptions & markings

Picht - the makers' name is painted on the front.
Alfred W Phillips 1934 Ascotvale - is written above the paper on lid
From P M Govett Hartwell - is written on the upper right side of lid

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