Accession Number: 2007.33.26
Description: Aluminum telescoping long cane; four sections, each of decreasing diameter (3/4, 5/8, 1/2, 3/8") and decreasing length (17, 13.5, 11, 10"); top section has straight handle, blue plastic grip, white nylon friction fit pommel and section of Scotchlite tape; middle sections are bright, bottom section is anodized red, friction fit white nylon barrel tip; label, "AMERICANE/PAT. PEND. MADE IN U.S.A./P.O. Box 1472 MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO. 63043".
Height: 52
Date Made: ca. 1990
Maker: Americane, Inc.
Place of Origin: Maryland Heights, MO
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, open
Made: Americane, Inc.
Material: Aluminum, nylon
Exhibit Label: Cane, Collapsing
Updated: 03/08/2016
