Early History
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Title
Early History
Subject
The Early History of the Wheelchair in Canada
Description
Photographs of museum artifacts, trade catalogues and original text on the history of the wheelchair from circa 1890 to 1950
Creator
Dorothy J. Smith
Publisher
Carleton University Disability Research Group
Date
circa 1880 to 1950
Contributor
Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation; City of Ottawa Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, West Hants Historical Society
Rights
Photographs by Dorothy J. Smith
Type
still images, text
Coverage
Eastern Canada, 1880 to 1950
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Patent drawings with expanded view of steering rod mechanism.
Thomas Minniss, May 10, 1853
Patent drawings showing mechanism for independently reclining the chair.
Joseph Roy, August 26, 1875
Front, side and back of wood and rattan wheelchair with wooden front drive wheels
Unknown manufacturer, circa 1880 - 1890
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
Patent drawings for a wheel showing close-up of the spoke hooks on the rim.
Peter Gendron, April 21, 1874
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
"Reclining rolling chair" illustrated in Gendron Trade Catalogue, circa 1913-1914.
Gendron Wheel Company, circa 1913 - 1914
Front, side and back of modern metal folding wheelchair.
Everest and Jennings Company, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada, post-1968
Wheel closeup
Gendron Wheel Company, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, circa 1900s to 1940s
Patent drawings showing mechanisms for converting from rocker to rolling invalid chair.
Antonete Marie Sophie Goldschmidt, September 3, 1877