Brown wooden crutches (a, b) with moon-shaped armpiece and a fixed handpiece with two wood pieces coming together on bottom; two faint red paint lines around both crutches at the bottom
Brown wooden crutches (a, b) with moon-shaped armpiece and a fixed handpiece with two wood pieces coming together on bottom; two faint red paint lines around both crutches at the bottom
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - crutch - Size: Length 1.22 m x Width 19.2 cm x Depth 2.5 cm
b - crutch - Size: Length 1.22 m x Width 18.3 cm x Depth 2.5 cm
Provenance
Owned by donor's sister, Glenys Isabella (Bradford) Wilson when she was 12 years old; she jumped out of a hay mow and landed on a nail;
Wood is worn on both crutches, scratches all over both crutches
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
JPG
Reference Comments
Linda Flemming; CD #1
Research Facts
Crutches made by donor's father; they were a farming family; crutch owner graduated from Queen's University School of Nursing in a split year of 1948-1949