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Hand Driven Vehicle1

Hand Driven Vehicle1

A black-and-white photograph of two men in wheelchairs and two standing men gathered beside a vintage sedan outside a brick hospital building.

Date: c. 1940s

Image Description: A black-and-white photograph showing four men gathered next to a shiny Oldsmobile sedan with a 1951 New York license plate parked on a driveway in front of a large multi-story brick hospital building. Two of the men are seated in manual wheelchairs—one in a suit and one in a work shirt—while an older man in a three-piece suit and fedora stands beside the car holding a cane and a man in a white medical coat stands behind them.

Source: Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association (EPVA) Collection

A black-and-white photograph of two men in wheelchairs and two standing men gathered beside a vintage sedan outside a brick hospital building.