Wheelchairs Collection

Bradford School for Deaf and Disabled Children
Children, some in wheelchairs, others sitting on buses, outside the City of Bradfords special school for what were then referred to as crippled and physically defective children

Advert for John Carters invalid chairs 1884
Selection of invalid and students chairs, including holding a book or writing at a desk, lamp in any position over an easy chair

Grand elderly ladies outside their retirement home
Some very grand elderly ladies, some in wheelchairs, pose outside their fine retirement care home, with large windows and ivy-clad walls. Date: circa 1903

In front of the grave well in Lourdes, France. circa 1898

Advert for John Ward invalid chairs 1870s
John Ward, by Her Majestys Royal Letters Patent And by Special Appointment to Her Majesty, a selection of invalid chairs. Date: circa 1870s

Advert for Carters, rotary or lever wheelchair 1906
Hand tricycle wheelchair, with rotary or lever. Date: 1906

Advert for Carters, self propelling wheelchair 1906
Self propelling wheelchair, with single-arm drive. Date: 1906

The sick in Bath chairs by the Basilica, Lourdes, France
The White Train at Lourdes, France. The very sick in wheelchairs and Bath Chairs in the Square before the Basilica. Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Carters, self propelling wheelchair 1906
Self-propelling chair with patent mechanism for persons with use of one arm only. Date: 1906

Cripples Home and industrial School for Girls 1900
Cripples Home in Marylebone Road, photograph showing girls doing needlework. Date: 1900

Advert for Carter wounded or invalid chairs 1896
For holding a book or writing at a desk in any position over an easy chair, bed or sofa obviating fatigue and stooping. In valuable to invalids and students. 1896

Convalescent Home, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside
Childrens convalescent home at West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside. Children sit outdoors in wheelchairs on beds. A caged bird, a pet for the children, is also shown. Date: circa 1912

Horder Centre, Crowborough, East Sussex
People in the cafe, several of them in wheelchairs, at the Horder Centre, founded by Mrs Cecilia Bochenek (?-1981). Despite being crippled by arthritis and confined to a wheelchair

Broomhill Home for Incurables, Kirkintilloch, East Dunbarton
Inmates, some in wheelchairs, and staff outside the Broomhill Home for Incurables, Kirkintilloch. Date: circa 1904

National Childrens Home (NCH), Chipping Norton
Residents and staff of the National Childrens Home (NCH), Chipping Norton. Some are in wheelchairs or using crutches. Date: c, 1907

Hopeful Sick Await Mass
Invalid pilgrims wait patiently in their wheelchairs for the afternoon Mass in front of the Rosary Date: 1986

National Childrens Home, Chipping Norton - Garden Shelter
Children in the garden shelter of the National Childrens Home, Chipping Norton, a branch which catered for children with physical disabilities

Spinal cases, Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, Hamp
Children with various spinal conditions in wheelchairs, beds etc. at the Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, Hampshire. Date: early 1900s

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