A man with a hand hook prosthetic device learns commercial art at the TB Convention

Item Information

Title:
A man with a hand hook prosthetic device learns commercial art at the TB Convention
Description:
Two men, Willis C. Gorthy, Director of the American Institute for Prosthetic Research, and Irving Zeitz, observe a seated man (Alrich Johanson) with a hand hook prosthetic device as he paints letters on a sign at the TB (Tuberculosis) Convention. "He is being taught commercial art - left-handed."
Creator:
Acme Special Services (New York, N.Y.)
Date:
October 13, 1953
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Black-and-white photographs
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 34 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
International Center for the Disabled Records
Subjects:
Artificial hands
Commercial art
People with disabilities--Vocational guidance
Prosthesis
Tuberculosis
Gorthy, Willis C.
Johanson, Alrich
Zeitz, Irving
Extent:
2 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums792-b034-i032
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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-b034-i032