Wheelchair
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MANUAL/FOLDING/4-WHEELED
- DATE
- 1920–1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0065.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CHAIR FRAME AND WHEEL & CASTOR SUPPORTS. CANVAS CHAIR. RUBBER WHEELS. WOODEN FOOT REST INSERT AND ARMREST SUPPORTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 94.0 cm
- Width
- 58.0 cm
- Height
- 104.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Assistive technologies
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF WHEELCHAIR PROBABLY USED C. 1920S-1950.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF MEDICAL ARTIFACTS, ARCHIVAL MATERIAL & TRADE LITERATURE TRANSFERRED TO CSTM IN 2002 FROM THE FORMER HISTORY OF MEDICINE MUSEUM, TORONTO ON. - Function
-
USED TO PHYSICALLY SUPPORT ILL OR INFIRM INDIVIDUALS, AND PERMIT MOVEMENT OR TRANSPORTATION OVER SHORT DISTANCES. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- No markings visible.
- Missing
- POSSIBLY MISSING ARMRESTS. MISSING SCREW SECURING RIGHT SIDE OF FRAME BELOW ARMREST. BOTH STRAPS SLUNG BELOW CHAIR SEAT ARE TORN.
- Finish
- CHAIR FRAME PAINTED BLACK. NATURAL CANVAS. WOODEN FITTINGS ARE STAINED & VARNISHED.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Wheelchair, circa 1920–1950, Artifact no. 2002.0065, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0065.001/
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