Patient Michael Kaplan with new company car at Christmas

Item Information

Title:
Patient Michael Kaplan with new company car at Christmas
Description:
Caption reads, "Santa Claus paid a bountiful pre-Christmas visit to the Institute for the Crippled and Disabled today (Dec. 23) with a gift of a 1955 Chevrolet station wagon. Santa Claus, in this case, was Mr. Francis J. Sorg (left), President, Sorg Printing Company. The vehicle will be used in the rehabilitation of the seriously handicapped who must be transported from their homes and hospitals throughout the city to the Institute. Seriously handicapped Michael Kaplan, age 4, an Institute patient, accepted the toy Santa Claus which held the golden keys to the vehicle. With him, also above, is Oliver B. Jennings, board member and secretary, who represented the trustees and staff of the Institute."
Date:
December 23, 1954
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Black-and-white photographs
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 30 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
International Center for the Disabled Records
Subjects:
Children with disabilities
Christmas
Extent:
2 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums792-b030-i122
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
New York (N.Y.)
Language:
English
Notes:
Digitization sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Identifier:
mums792-b030-i122