AFB Lightweight Aluminum Cane

Cane, Long

Accession Number: 2007.33.56

Description: Bright aluminum long cane with 3.75" internal diameter crook; black plastic cap on open end of crook; straight 1/2" aluminum tube shaft; cone shaped fitting on foot with threaded hole for steel glide tip/black rubber washer assembly.

Height: 54

Width: 0.75

Depth: 5

Date Made: ca. 1948

Maker: American Foundation for the Blind

Collection: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives

History/Provenance: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives

Credit Line: Gift of Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired

Subjects: Blindness Rehabilitation Orientation & Mobility Canes for the blind

Dimension Notes: overall

Material: Aluminum, plastic, steel, rubber

Exhibit Label: Cane, Long

Updated: 04/29/2014