Painted metal thumbtack with a round flat head and bent pin.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned by Ernest Lloyd Hanna; donated to museum by granddaughter Tanya Garofalo.
Dates
1920
1960
circa 1920-1960
Date Remarks
Donor's remarks
Material
metal: black, grey
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0007
0007-V1-3
Dimension Notes
Length 1.7 cm x Width 1.3 cm x Diam 1.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Pin is bent; paint has chipped showing metal beneath
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Other
Reference Comments
Tanya Garofalo; was attaching cuff of sock (012011002) to leg prosthesis (012011001 a-b).
Research Facts
Ernest Lloyd Hanna was born in 1888 and lost his left leg following an accident on his farm in Lyn, Ontario at age 35. He continued to work on his farm with a prosthetic leg and cane for balance; used the same two prosthetic legs until his death in 1969.