Quickie Tennis Wheelchair
date: label: Date made
content: 1980s
name: label: maker
content: Sunrise Medical Mobility
notes: label: Description
content: The history of disability is represented in the museum's collections by a range of artifacts, such as prosthetics, rehabilitation equipment, splints, crutches, and canes, Braille writers, hearing aids, wheelchairs, assistive devices and disability rights-related artifacts.
label: Description
content: This yellow sports wheelchair, donated by its creator, Marilyn Hamilton, was one of the first "ultralight" designs. Inspired by the aircraft industry, ultralights used lightweight aluminum (Hamilton was a hang-gliding enthusiast) and improved maneuverability in ways that revolutionized mobility for wheelchair users in the early 1980s. Hamilton used this chair as a tennis champion and went on to found Quickie wheelchair company.
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Family & Social Life
label: Exhibition
content: Change Your Game
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from Marilyn Hamilton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0303.1
label: accession number
content: 1999.0303
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0303.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Wheelchair
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (wheel material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (seat material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (frame color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 75.3 cm x 74 cm x 90 cm; 29 21/32 in x 29 1/8 in x 35 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: crate: 41 in x 48 in x 37 1/2 in; 104.14 cm x 121.92 cm x 95.25 cm