Wheelchair (c1700-10) as leather covered armchair with reclining back & crank for motion at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France. | Mechanical wheelchair used by Georges Couthon, close to Robespierre & executed July 1794 at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | President F.D. Roosevelt's wheelchair which he had made from desk chair to better conceal his Polio paralysis. Hyde Park, NY. | F.D. Roosevelt's Presidential Library study as it stood when he died in office with his wheel chair, portrait of his mother, & replica of desk used by George Washington. Hyde Park, NY. |
Searing Doctor's Office interior with antique wheelchairs at Old Bethpage Village. Old Bethpage, NY. | Charles Schreiner's wheelchair (c1920) at Capt. Charles Schreiner Mansion. Kerrville, TX. | Lady Miller's wheeled bath chair at Manderston House. Duns, Scotland. | Wicker wheelchair at Tudor Place. Washington, DC. |