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
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Record ID
nmah_473153
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