The Rolling Devils pose for a team photo
Title
The Rolling Devils pose for a team photo
Creator
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-paralyzed-world-war-ii-veterans-invented-wheelchair-basketball-180975710/
Harms, Deborah
Winterholler family
Subject
World War II Veterans
Wheelchair Basketball
Description
The Rolling Devils pose for a team photo c. 1947. By the spring of 1948, World War II paralyzed veterans played a game of wheelchair basketball at New York's Madison Square Garden. With over 15, 561 boisterous spectators, the event foreshadows the movement of physically disabled individuals to reintegrate into social communities.
Date
1947
Type
Image
Source
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-paralyzed-world-war-ii-veterans-invented-wheelchair-basketball-180975710/
Language
English
Files
Collection
Citation
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-paralyzed-world-war-ii-veterans-invented-wheelchair-basketball-180975710/, Harms, Deborah, and Winterholler family, “The Rolling Devils pose for a team photo,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed November 22, 2024, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/3936.
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