A technician and a patient demonstrate how her prosthetic arm works while a group of men and women look on

Item Information

Title:
A technician and a patient demonstrate how her prosthetic arm works while a group of men and women look on
Description:
A technician demonstrates how a woman, missing her arm below the shoulder, can use her new prosthetic arm with hook hand for a crowd of people. They are in a workshop with workbenches full of tools and other prosthetic devices.
Creator:
United Press International
Date:
1954
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Black-and-white photographs
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 33 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
International Center for the Disabled Records
Subjects:
Prosthesis
People with disabilities--Vocational guidance
Institute for the Crippled and Disabled
International Center for the Disabled
Extent:
2 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums792-b033-i161
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-b033-i161