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Man in bed uses typewriter while man in uniform looks on.
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Title: An Early Start
From: The Disabled Soldier
Original caption: An Early Start. While still in bed, this American soldier is taught typewriting, to keep his mind off his own troubles and to help him in his future calling, U.S.A. General Hospital, Lakewood, N.J.
Creator: n/a
Date: 1919
Format: Book
Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York
Source: Available at selected libraries
Location: p.39
Keywords: American Red Cross; Assistive Technology; Douglas C. McMurtrie; Employment; Health & Medicine; Hospitals; Institutions; Labor; Labor & Commerce; New Jersey; Physical Disability; Policy; Rehabilitation; Typewriters; Veterans; Veterans & Military; Vocational Rehabilitation; War; Work; WWI
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Institutions, Organizations & Corporations


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