Wheelchair
name: label: user
content: Ruff, Charles F.C.
label: maker
content: Sunrise Medical Mobility
notes: label: Description
content: This wheelchair belonged to Charles Frederick Carson Ruff (1939–2000), an American lawyer who in 1964, while teaching law in Africa, suffered an illness that left him paralyzed in the legs. Later, as the White House Counsel, Ruff defended President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial in 1999.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Disabilities
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from Sue Ruff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0267.01.1
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0267.01.1
label: accession number
content: 2001.0267
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Wheelchair
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: canvas (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 91.2 cm x 98 cm x 59.8 cm; 35 7/8 in x 38 9/16 in x 23 9/16 in