Prosthetic Legs (2)
date: label: used date
content: 1954-1956
notes: label: Description
content: James Edward Hanger (1843-1919), the first amputee of the Civil War, was a young Confederate soldier who lost a leg at the Battle of Philippi on June 3, 1861. Returning home to his family, Hanger created a wooden leg for himself. That was the genesis of a business that is still going strong. This pair of prosthetic legs was manufactured by J. E. Hanger in Atlanta, in the 1950s, and worn by the donor, Sherry G. Lehr, as a young child.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Disabilities
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Prostheses
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Sherry G. Lehr
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0362.001
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0362.001
label: accession number
content: 1987.0362
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Legs, Prosthetic
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: each leg: 54 cm x 23 cm x 14 cm; 21 1/4 in x 9 1/16 in x 5 1/2 in