Child's shoes and calf brace, 1944-1945
Dublin Core
Title
Child's shoes and calf brace, 1944-1945
Subject
Self Starters
Shoes
Leg
Braces
Poliomyelitis
Poliovirus
Abstract
Right and left child’s brown leather shoes with orthotic inserts and accompanying left calf metal brace with brown leather strapping. Brace worn to treat left leg paralysis brought on by polio virus. Brace attaches to left shoe with metal peg and buckle strap for ankle.
Creator
Self Starters
Date Created
1944-1945, between
Rights
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Is Part Of
Warren Anatomical Museum: 21012
Format
object
Extent
2 shoes and 1 calf brace
Medium
Medical Equipment
Type
physical object
Identifier
Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 21012
Provenance
This pair of orthotic children's shoes and left leg brace were created by Self-Starter, a division of The Kepner-Scott Shoe Company between 1944 and 1945, for use in the treatment of polio. They were donated to the Warren Anatomical Museum by the former user in 2012.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Shoes and brace
Physical Dimensions
Right shoe: 5.75 W x 14.25 D x 6 H cm; Left shoe: 6.5 W x 14.25 D x 7.75 H cm; Brace: 8.75 W x 21.5 D x 5.5 H cm
Files
Collection
Citation
Self Starters, “Child's shoes and calf brace, 1944-1945,” OnView, accessed September 17, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/17341.