Slate blackboard

Name/Title

Slate blackboard

Entry/Object ID

2023.1.476

Description

Hand held slate chalkboard or blackboard framed with wood, rounded corners

Use

reusable writing surface used for drawing and writing. School children would have used a slate like this with a slate pencil (later chalk). Work could be rubbed out with a damp piece of cloth or a shirt sleeve!

Context

The blackboard was used in the #12 brick schoolhouse