Quickie Tennis Wheelchair
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Object Details
- Sunrise Medical Mobility
- Description
- The history of disability is represented in the museum's collections by a range of artifacts, such as prosthetics, rehabilitation equipment, splints, crutches, and canes, Braille writers, hearing aids, wheelchairs, assistive devices and disability rights-related artifacts.
- This yellow sports wheelchair, donated by its creator, Marilyn Hamilton, was one of the first "ultralight" designs. Inspired by the aircraft industry, ultralights used lightweight aluminum (Hamilton was a hang-gliding enthusiast) and improved maneuverability in ways that revolutionized mobility for wheelchair users in the early 1980s. Hamilton used this chair as a tennis champion and went on to found Quickie wheelchair company.
- Credit Line
- Gift from Marilyn Hamilton
- 1980s
- ID Number
- 1999.0303.1
- accession number
- 1999.0303
- catalog number
- 1999.0303.1
- Object Name
- Wheelchair
- Physical Description
- metal (frame material)
- rubber (wheel material)
- fabric (seat material)
- yellow (frame color)
- Measurements
- overall: 75.3 cm x 74 cm x 90 cm; 29 21/32 in x 29 1/8 in x 35 7/16 in
- crate: 41 in x 48 in x 37 1/2 in; 104.14 cm x 121.92 cm x 95.25 cm
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Family & Social Life
- Exhibition
- Change Your Game
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_473153
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-a63d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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