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COLLECTION NAME:
Ward Morgan Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_WMorgan_b09e2610_01.tif
Title:
Nurse and patient demonstrating a Stryker walking plaster cast, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Date:
1946-03-10
Description:
A demonstration photograph showing a nurse and patient before the application of a Stryker Walking cast. View shows a female patient laying on her stomach on a exam table, the right foot upright. The photograph was part of a series of photos showing the preparation and removing of a cast with a cutter. A nurse in uniform stands behind the table and holds the patient's foot. The photograph was taken for Dr. Stryker (Stryker Corporation) of Kalamazoo, Michigan. An article in the Kalamazoo Gazette, dated March 3, 1946, reported that the three principal products invented between 1942-1946 by Dr. Stryker's Orthopedic Frame Company were the turning frames for bedfast persons, the cast cutter and the "Stryker Heel" for walking casts.
Client:
Stryker, Homer H., 1894-1980
Client:
Stryker Corporation (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Photographer:
Morgan, Ward C., 1907-1997
Location:
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Time Period:
1940 - 1949
Subject:
Patients
Subject:
Orthopedics
Subject:
Orthopedic apparatus industry--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Keywords:
Negatives; Women patients; Nurses; Uniforms; Posing; Medical offices
Source:
2610-01, Ward Morgan Collection, A-1755, B & W, 4"x 5" negative
Rights Statement:
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Rights Status:
In Copyright
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
Type:
Still Image
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Collection:
Ward Morgan Collection
Relation:
10 photos in event - 2610
Digitization Date:
2025
Format:
image/tiff
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Nurse and patient demonstrating a Stryker walking plaster cast, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Nurse and patient demonstrating a Stryker walking plaster cast, Kalamazoo, Michigan