Photography — C. 1955
Boy at the Franklin D. Roosevelt School
This boy is wearing leg braces or callipers. He is at the Franklin D. Roosevelt School for disabled children in Hampstead. The American president Roosevelt, after whom the school was named, was paralysed in both legs due to polio. The school educated physically disabled children with conditions such as cerebral palsy, haemophilia, heart disease and tuberculosis. The school provided facilities for learing as well as physiotherapy.
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- HG1304/16
- Object name:
- Boy at the Franklin D. Roosevelt School
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Grant, Henry
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- Production date:
- c. 1955
- Material:
cellulose acetate
- Measurements/duration:
- 6x6
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
Purchased with V&A Purchase Grant Fund support.
- Copyright holder:
London Museum
- Image credit:
© Henry Grant Collection/London Museum
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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