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Functional object - Object, Free Lending Library for the Blind matchcover, 1920-1930

  • Front matchbook cover with coloured illustration of octagonal Braille Library building under a lamp "The light that never fails"

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  • Female profile with brailler with 'The Victorian Association of Braille Writers' haloed around her and an open book

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  • Interior of matchcover with print "As a Thank-Offering for my of sight I send this gift to the Honorary Treasurer, Braille Library, S.E. 1"

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  • Matches with printed stems 'South Yarra' and 'Braille Library'

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  • Front matchbook cover with coloured illustration of octagonal Braille Library building under a lamp "The light that never fails"
  • Female profile with brailler with 'The Victorian Association of Braille Writers' haloed around her and an open book
  • Interior of matchcover with print "As a Thank-Offering for my of sight I send this gift to the Honorary Treasurer, Braille Library, S.E. 1"
  • Matches with printed stems 'South Yarra' and 'Braille Library'

Historical information

Used to raise both funds and awareness, this matchbooks were produced with colourful illustrations on the front (a lamp shining above the octagonal Braille Library building) and rear (a female brailling at home). Inside a message 'As a Thank-Offering for my sight I give this gift to the Honorary Treasurer, Braille Library, S.E.1', as well as matches printed alternately with 'Braille Library' and 'South Yarra'.

Physical description

1 book of red headed matches

Inscriptions & markings

The Light That Never Fails
Free Lending Library For The Blind, Commercial Rd, S. Yarra
The Victorian Association of Braille Writers
Braille is a series of tiny raised dots by which the blind can read

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