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Front, side and back of wood and rattan wheelchair with wooden front drive wheels
Unknown manufacturer, circa 1880 - 1890
Patent drawings with expanded view of steering rod mechanism.
Thomas Minniss, May 10, 1853
Front, side and back of wood and rattan wheelchair with four metal wheels, drive wheels in front.
Gendron Wheel Company, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, pre-1950
Patent drawings showing mechanism for independently reclining the chair.
Joseph Roy, August 26, 1875
Front, side and back of modern metal folding wheelchair.
Everest and Jennings Company, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada, post-1968
Patent drawings for a wheel showing close-up of the spoke hooks on the rim.
Peter Gendron, April 21, 1874
Catalogue illustrations of Gendron's "Ideal rolling chair" in use by people working at a desk, eating dinner and playing the piano.
Gendron Wheel Company, circa 1913 - 1914
"Reclining rolling chair" illustrated in Gendron Trade Catalogue, circa 1913-1914.
Gendron Wheel Company, circa 1913 - 1914
Antique wood and rattan wheelchair in museum exhibit.
Gendron Wheel Company, ca. 1900s - 1940s
Catalogue page showing folding chair in use
Gendron Wheel Company, circa 1913-1914.