Prosthetic Forearm and Hand
date: label: Date made
content: 1933
label: associated dates
content: 1933 / 1933, 1994 / 1994
notes: label: Description
content: George Latham Yates (1910-1994) was an engineering student at the University of Oklahoma who lost both hands when a make-shift cannon exploded during a student demonstration. While the young man was still in the hospital, his father said he would have to stop working with his back and start working with his head. And so he did, teaching at the University of Pittsburgh for a while, and then starting a business in Wichita, Ks. This prosthetic arm was made by Cranes Artificial Arm Company and worn by Yates in the 1930s.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Old Trusty,’ Cannon, Goes Off and Maims Student in Initiation,” The Hartford Courant (March 20, 1933), p. 1.
label: Description
content: “George Yates used his head to succeed in oil,” The Wichita Eagle (May 10, 1994), p. 30.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Kansas City
label: associated place
content: United States: Kansas, Wichita
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0010.01
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0010.01
label: accession number
content: 1996.0010
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hand
label: Object Name
content: hand and forearm, artificial
label: Object Name
content: prosthesis
label: Other Terms
content: Hand; Prostheses
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: biege (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 9 cm x 9 cm x 38.7 cm; 3 9/16 in x 3 9/16 in x 15 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 20 1/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 17.145 cm x 51.1175 cm