Library Collections: Visual Still: Item Description

Two photographs of a woman in a wheelchair wearing a cape.
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Visual Still Information

Title: Wheelchair Cape
Original caption: Fashions
fashions
Especially designed for physically handicapped by Helen Cookman. Developed in consulation with the Institute of Physical Med. and Rehab.
Creator: n/a
Date: 1959
Format: Photograph
Publication: Toomeyville Jr. Gazette
Source: Gazette International Networking Institute
Keywords: Assistive Technology; Cleveland, OH; Clothing; Disability Culture; Disease; Hospitals; Identity; Institutions; Ohio; Physical Disability; Polio; Rehabilitation; Social Welfare & Communities; Technology & Equipment; The Arts; Toomey Pavilion Respiratory Center; Wheelchair
Topics: Mass Media, Culture & The Arts; Science, Health & Technology; Social Movements & Advocacy
Funding Support Provided By: NEC Foundation of America