Antique wood and rattan wheelchair in museum exhibit.
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Title
Antique wood and rattan wheelchair in museum exhibit.
Subject
Wheelchair technology
Description
An antique wheelchair in a museum display of an early twentieth-century farm house bedroom. The chair has two large metal drive front wheels with wooden push rims and two small metal back stabilizer wheels. The frame is made of wood and has a wooden push bar. The back, the seat and the single undivided leg rest are inset with rattan. The foot rest is a single piece of wood.
Creator
Gendron Wheel Company
Source
City of Ottawa Museums, Cumberland Heritage Village Museum Collection, artifact no. CM1989.037.
Publisher
Carleton University Disability Research Group
Date
ca. 1900s - 1940s
Contributor
City of Ottawa Museums, Collections Section
Rights
Photograph by Dorothy J. Smith. Artifact owned by City of Ottawa, Museums Collections. All rights beyond fair use reserved.
Format
Image jpg. Original artifact 126 cm (l), 71.5 cm (w), 121 cm (h)
Type
Material artifact
Identifier
CHVM_)37
Coverage
Canada, Ontario, 1900s-1940s
Collection
Citation
Gendron Wheel Company, “Antique wood and rattan wheelchair in museum exhibit.,” Mobility Histories, accessed April 25, 2024, https://mobilityhistories.omeka.net/items/show/54.