Infant's Leg Braces
Infant's Leg Braces
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- Description
- Infant’s leg braces worn by Jean Fox Csaposs (b. 1931) who contracted polio at a young age. As an adult, Csaposs became a disability rights activist.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Leg Braces
- leg braces
- brace, leg
- Physical Description
- cotton; leather; metal; steel; imitation leather (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall, lying down: 3 1/4 in x 7 3/4 in x 13 in; 8.255 cm x 19.685 cm x 33.02 cm
- ID Number
- 2004.0254.01
- accession number
- 2004.0254
- catalog number
- 2004.0254.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jean Fox Csaposs
- subject
- Disabilities
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Disabilities
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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