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Street Trade seller - toysWilliam Liston from Glasgow, served under the Duke of York in Holland, where on the 6th of October 1799, he lost his right arm and left leg and his place in the army
Duke and Duchess of York - Ashtead Potteries, SurreyDuke and Duchess of York visiting the Ashtead Potteries, Surrey - founded to train disabled ex-servicemen in pottery. Date: 1928
Advert for Carters, self propelling wheelchair 1906Self-propelling chair with patent mechanism for persons with use of one arm only. Date: 1906
22-year old mentally-deficient girl (daughter of subject of 10192037) with a light goitre suffering from thyroid deficiency and reduced development. Date: circa 1900
OLD CHAIRS TO MENDA man with a wooden leg mends chairs on the street, rebinding the seats with new rushes Date: 1804
SPORT FOR DISABLED / 1895Sport for the disabled at Nogent-sur-Marne - men with wooden legs competing for first place Date: 1895
Mentally deficient man - aged 35A 35-year old French man with an undetermined mental disability. Date: circa 1880
LOUIS XIV & INVALIDES LOUIS XIV & INVALIDESLouis XIV plans Les Invalides as a hospital for disabled soldiers, at Paris Date: 1670
PARIS / INVALIDES 1670Louis XIV plans Les Invalides as a hospital for disabled soldiers Date: 1670
Cripples Home and industrial School for Girls 1900Cripples Home in Marylebone Road, photograph showing girls doing needlework. Date: 1900
Street trader, selling mouse trapsStreet trader with a wooden leg selling mouse traps. Date: circa 19th century
Blind Typists - Royal Normal College, Upper NorwoodBlind Typists - Royal Normal College for the Blind, Westow Street, Upper Norwood, London. Taking down a telephone message in shorthand
A couple don t let injury spoil their seaside holidayCandid seaside photography - a couple don t let injury (to the wife requiring her to be pushed in a wheelchair) spoil their seaside holiday as they stroll (or are pushed) along the promenade
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret - 1933Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002) at the annual sale of work by the Disabled Soldiers Embroidery Society, held in the grounds of Violet
Duchess of York and daughters - Disabled Soldiers SaleElizabeth, the Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002) and her daughters Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002)
Coltness House, near Wishaw, Lanarkshire, where a Barnardos home for physically disabled children was opened in 1953. Date: circa 1906
Man in a bath chairAn elderly man in a bath chair at his front door, with a young man about to take him for an outing
John Grooms Orphanage, Clacton-on-Sea, EssexSome of Our Girls at John Grooms Orphanage and Crippleage opened in 1890 at Clacton on Sea, Essex. Groom was a London engraver and evangelical preacher
Menin Road, Ypres, by William Hugh Duncan Arthur, WW1Menin Road, Ypres, 1917, drawing by William Hugh Duncan Arthur, First World War. Showing a number of disabled British tanks at the Battle of Ypres. 1917
Fish Sellers - Cairo, Egypt. The taller gentleman on the left (holding the scales) appears to be blind. Date: circa 1910s
Sir Douglas Bader in TV interview, Falmouth, CornwallGroup Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (1910-1982), RAF pilot during the Second World War despite having lost both legs in a crash in 1931
Cripples Football Team, Barnardos Stepney Causeway, LondoFootball team of disabled boys, some with crutches, at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, East London Date: circa 1905
Disabled GirlThe driver stands by the open door of his van as he waits for the female escort to help a disabled girl on crutches to step off the pavement. Date: 1930s
Picking flowers, Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, HA group of physically disabled children, one in a wheelchair, another with crutches, pick flowers in the Queen Alexandra Wood at the Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, Hampshire
Agra House Home for Incurables, Tunbridge WellsBarnardos Agra House home for Incurables as physically disabled children were described, at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Suffragette Chess SetA painted figural chess set, entitled Topical Chessmen (Suffragettes v The Law). It comprises King and Queen, bishops as judges, rooks as burning buildings, prison cells
Disabled children, Ghana, West Africa
Inmates of John Grooms Orphanage for Maimed and Crippled Girls at Clacton-on-Sea. Groom, a London engraver and evangelical preacher
Young beauty queen, Miss Beautiful, CornwallYoung beauty queen, Michelle Rigby of Troon, near Camborne, Cornwall, in her Miss Beautiful sash. Date: circa 1982
Young beauty queen with all her trophies, CornwallYoung beauty queen, Michelle Rigby of Troon, near Camborne, Cornwall, with all her trophies. circa 1980s
Disabled man wearing electronic walking aidDisabled man wearing an electronic walking aid known as a Pulser or Electronic Stimulator, designed to help him walk unaided. Date: circa 1980s
Princess Elizabeth & Margaret at Disabled Soldiers Work ExPrincess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and her younger sister, Princess Margaret Rose, pictured during a visit with Queen Mary and their mother the Duchess of York
Koenig scuppered, Dar es Salaam harbour, WW1The Koenig, German cargo ship, scuppered in Dar es Salaam harbour, East Africa (now Tanzania), during WW1. 1916
Fortune of War cafe, WW1Page of illustrations by Samuel Begg in The Illustrated London News, depicting scenes at a Fortune of War caf頩 n London. The idea for the cafes was thought up by Lieut. J E
A baby sleeps beside a collection box for disabled children Date: circa 1980
St Nicholas Homes, PyrfordSt Nicholas Homes for physically disabled children at Pyrford, Surrey, opened in 1908 by the Waifs and Strays Society (now the Childrens Society)
Disabled Dance ClassDisabled children are taught to dance by teacher Miss Betsy Adlard, using the special methods invented by Miss Margaret Morris. It is difficult for them, but fun. Date: 1930s
Disabled BoyA female escort helps a boy on crutches, who is with his sister. They are probably leaving a special centre or school for disabilities and are about to get into a van. Date: 1930s
Disabled ChildrenA driver helps a young disabled boy and his sister to climb into the back of the disabilities van. Another man, possibly the childrens father, assists. Date: 1930s
Thomas Inglefield, limbless painterTHOMAS INGLEFIELD born without arms or legs in 1769, yet taught himself to draw with the stump of his arm. Date: 1804
Invalides / Louis XIVLouis XIV plans Les Invalides as a hospital for disabled soldiers, at Paris Date: 1670
Football at Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, HampshA group of physically disabled boys, some with crutches, play football at the Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, Hampshire. Date: early 1900s
Cartoon, A new way to pay the National Debt, by James Gillray. Showing King George III and Queen Charlotte receiving bags of money from the Treasury
Nautical Terms Illustrated - Anchored by Harold EarnshawIllustration showing an old sea salt finding himself in a bit of a fix after his wooden legs has caught in a drain grill and snapped
Thomas Barnardo with some physically disabled boys (then invariably referred to as cripples ) at one of his homes. Date: circa 1900
Bath Characters by Edouart - Thomas McDermottThomas McDermott, a native of County Cavan, Northern Ireland, who was born without hands or feet, 1793. Inventor and manufacturer of fancy flower vases
War Sites of the 1914-1918 CampaignBooklet entitled War Sites of the 1914-1918 Campaign, Belgian Army, Booklet No. 2. Sold by the War Sites Department for the Disabled Soldiers and War Orphans Funds
John Grooms Sekforde Street, LondonInmates at work at John Grooms home for poor and disabled flower-sellers on Sekforde Street, Clerkenwell. Date unknown