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COLLECTION NAME:
Ward Morgan Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_WMorgan_b09e2610_02.tif
Title:
Detail view of first layer of a plaster walking cast applied to the lower leg of a patient, Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Date:
1946-03-10
Description:
A demonstration photograph showing the padding layer in building a Short Walking Casts with a "Stryker Heel" on the lower extremity of a patient. The patient is laying stomach down on an exam table, with her right foot raised. The photograph was part of a series of ten showing the preparation and removing of a show leg cast with a cutter. 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:
Surgical plaster casts
Subject:
Orthopedics
Subject:
Orthopedic apparatus industry--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Keywords:
Negatives; Patients; Women patients; Posing
Source:
2610-02, 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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Detail view of first layer of a plaster walking cast applied to the lower leg of a patient, Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, Michigan