Crutches Collection (page 2)

Senator William J. Stone, between 1914 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Senator William J
Senator William J. Stone, between 1914 and 1917. American politician William Joel Stone, Governor of Missouri

Sketch for the Saint-Séverin church: St Peter healing a cripple... 1819. Creator: Louis Vincent Léon Pallière
Sketch for the Saint-Severin church (5th arrondissement of Paris): St Peter healing a cripple at the entrance to the Temple of Jerusalem, 1819

Spirit of Tiny Tim! Thy childish essence was from God, c1900. Creator: Elizabeth B. Brownell
Spirit of Tiny Tim! Thy childish essence was from God, c1900. Illustration from "A Christmas Carol" in Brownell's "Dream Children"

'The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; The Edinburgh Ward -- Young Convalescents, Creator: Unknown
'The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; The Edinburgh Ward -- Young Convalescents, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42

Medal ceremony on the Esplanade des Invalides by President Poincare, September 17, 1915. Creator: Joseph Felix Bouchor
Medal ceremony on the Esplanade des Invalides by President Poincare, September 17, 1915

Christmas Eve in Britany, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Christmas Eve in Britany, 1854. A group of men stand talking in a street. One of them is on crutches. From "Illustrated London News", 1854

La Bouchée de pain : un vieil homme à béquilles et un jeune homme côte à côte, c.1904. Creator: Fernand Pelez
La Bouchee de pain : un vieil homme a bequilles et un jeune homme cote a cote, c.1904

Christ healing the sick, 1566. Creator: Anon
Christ healing the sick, 1566

Skid Row, Howard Street, the street of the unemployed in San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Skid Row. Howard Street, the street of the unemployed in San Francisco, California

Lame Beggar Asking for Alms, from T is al verwart-gaern (It's already confusing), n.d. Creator: Pieter Jansz. Quast
Lame Beggar Asking for Alms, from T is al verwart-gaern (It's already confusing), n.d

Seated Old Man with Crutch, n.d. Creator: Hans Heinrich Meyer
Seated Old Man with Crutch, n.d

Two men, one of them an amputee, around 1875. Creator: Joseph Eugen Horwarter
Two men, one of them an amputee, around 1875

1992 Canadian GP
CIRCUIT GILLES-VILLENEUVE, CANADA - JUNE 14: Mario Andretti chats to Niki Lauda during the Canadian GP at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on June 14, 1992 in Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Canada

John A Grooms Crippleage, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
The Chippleage Wheelers at John A. Grooms Crippleage and Orphanage, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. Groom, a London engraver and evangelical preacher

World War 1: French army at the Battle of Verdun
3786992 World War 1: French army at the Battle of Verdun; (add.info.: World War 1: French army at the Battle of Verdun. 21st of February - 18th December 1916. Wounded French soldiers)

New York City, Roosevelt Island, Southpoint Park, Hope memorial

View of part of Duke Street, West Smithfield, 1807
View of part of Duke Street, formerly Duck Lane, West Smithfield, 1807. Tudor timber houses of oak, chestnut and plaster. Man on a ladder lighting a gas lantern

British Motorcycle road racer Barry Sheene at home with girlfriend Stephanie McLean, recuperating following his near fatal crash two months earlier at Silverstone. 20th October 1982

Snooker player Alex Hurricane Higgins with his foot in plaster. He went on to win the Irish Masters that year, beating Stephen Hendry whilst still on crutches

Don Revie poses with Terry Cooper and the F. A. Cup following Leeds United victory over
Don Revie poses with Terry Cooper and the F.A. Cup following Leeds United victory over Arsenal at Wembley. Cooper had suffered an horrific broken leg iduring a League game at Stoke City earlier in

Vicki Martin Inquest 2nd March 1955 Terence Robertson left the driver of the car in which model Vicki Martin was killed seen here in Maidenhead after attending the inquests into the models death

WW1 - Home Front - Belgravia War Hospital Supply Depot, London - New Rubber Crutch invented by Mr G. Healing. Date: circa 1917

1918 New Zealand Limbless Hospital: JULY 01: A wounded New Zealand soldier uses a file in the workshop of the Oatlands
JULY 01: A wounded New Zealand soldier uses a file in the workshop of the Oatlands Park Hospital, Weybridge during the New Zealand Limbless Hospital on July 01, 1918. (Photo by LAT Images)

A Disabled Man with a Crutch and a Wooden Leg, 1616. Creator: Jacques Callot
A Disabled Man with a Crutch and a Wooden Leg, 1616. Series: Les Gobbi

A Disabled Man Weaving a Hood, 1616. Creator: Jacques Callot
A Disabled Man Weaving a Hood, 1616. Series: Les Gobbi

Beggars outside S. Giuliano, near Pompeii. 1904-05, 1904-1905. Creator: Peter Hansen
Beggars outside S. Giuliano, near Pompeii. 1904-05, 1904-1905

Formula 1 1992: Canadian GP
CIRCUIT GILLES-VILLENEUVE, CANADA - JUNE 14: Mario Andretti with a broken foot sustained in the Indianapolis 500 during the Canadian GP at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on Sunday June 14

The Beggar sits forlornly on his crutches outside the town walls.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death

1918 New Zealand Limbless Hospital
JULY 01: Wounded New Zealand soldiers examine a crankshaft as they are intstructed in the workshop of the Oatlands Park Hospital, Weybridge during the New Zealand Limbless Hospital on July 01, 1918

Beggars and Street Characters, 1516 (handscroll, ink and light colour on paper) (detail)
3935967 Beggars and Street Characters, 1516 (handscroll, ink and light colour on paper) (detail) by Zhou Chen (16th century); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

A store with live fish for sale, vicinity of Natchitoches, La. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
A store with live fish for sale, vicinity of Natchitoches, Louisiana. [Signs: Fish for Sale; Live Cat Fish; Live Fish for Sale ]

Oscar Turner of Kentucky, between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Turner, Hon. Oscar, of Ky. between 1865 and 1880. [Lawyer and politician]

An elderly winged man with a long beard walking with crutches, possibly representin... ca. 1510-27
An elderly winged man with a long beard walking with crutches, possibly representing Time gesturing towards a young child holding a sieve, ca. 1510-27

Battered husband (colour litho)
3641744 Battered husband (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battered husband. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Fol. 72v The Pharisees in Amazement Present to Jesus Various Invalids (vellum)
ALI142377 Fol.72v The Pharisees in Amazement Present to Jesus Various Invalids (vellum) by Italian School, (15th century); Biblioteca Reale, Turin, Piedmont

The heroic end of the mutilated Enrico Toti, wounded for the third time, rises and throws his... (colour litho)
2777583 The heroic end of the mutilated Enrico Toti, wounded for the third time, rises and throws his... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The Haywain, Allegory of the Vanity of the World (oil on panel)
XIR216117 The Haywain, Allegory of the Vanity of the World (oil on panel) by Mostaert, Gillis (1534-98) (workshop of); 104x139 cm; Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: allegorie de la vanite du monde; )

Young boy standing in the doorway of his home on Seaton Road... Washington, D.C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Young boy standing in the doorway of his home on Seaton Road in the northwest section. His leg was cut off by a streetcar while he was playing in the street

Possibly: Services are over, Wheeleys Church, Gordonton, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Services are over. Wheeleys Church, Gordonton, Person County, North Carolina]

Tobacco people take it easy after their mornings work... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
Tobacco people take it easy after their mornings work " putting up" tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina

Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco before the barn preparatory to firing. Granville County, North Carolina

Beggar Man, 1787. Creator: Jean Pierre Norblin
Beggar Man, 1787

The Esplanade, Calcutta, c1891. Creator: James Grant
The Esplanade, Calcutta, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. I.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

Man as Old Age, Burslem, c. 1790. Creators: Ralph Wood the Elder, Enoch Wood
Man as Old Age, Burslem, c. 1790

Saint Louis giving alms to the poor, 1735. Creator: Giovanni Francesco Braccioli
Saint Louis giving alms to the poor, 1735

Al-Arm (oil on panel)
6334999 Al-Arm (oil on panel) by Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de (1589-1662); 36.8x28.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: This humorous)

The Colossus, caricature of the Repeal of the Stamp Act, c. 1765 (litho)
AQS254842 The Colossus, caricature of the Repeal of the Stamp Act, c.1765 (litho) by American School, (18th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts

Beggar Eating, c. 1622 (etching)
3740454 Beggar Eating, c.1622 (etching) by Callot, Jacques (1592-1635); National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA; French, out of copyright

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"Crutches: A Symbol of Resilience and Hope" In the quaint town of Kinver, Staffordshire, the Bethany Children's Home stands as a sanctuary for those in need. Among its walls, crutches become more than just support; they embody strength and determination. Across continents, at Lourdes - The Grotto, crutches tell tales of miraculous healing. Bernadette's encounter with the divine in 1905 left her walking without them, leaving behind a powerful reminder of faith's transformative power. At Pyrford St Nicholas' Waifs and Strays Society, crutches serve as beacons of compassion. They aid children on their journey towards independence and self-discovery. In Reading, Berkshire's No. 1 War Hospital, crutches bear witness to sacrifice. Wounded soldiers lean on them for physical stability while finding solace in their unwavering spirit amidst adversity. John L. Burns' battle-scarred crutch tells an extraordinary story from across the Atlantic. At Gettysburg during the American Civil War, this veteran fought valiantly despite his age—his indomitable will etched into every splintered piece. Even in satirical illustrations like "The Modern Job. Or John Bull and his Comforts. " from 1816 London streets resonate with social commentary about reliance on societal constructs—a metaphorical use that challenges norms. Yet within West Byfleet's St Nicholas Home for Crippled Children lies hope personified through these aids. Here they empower young souls to overcome physical limitations and embrace life’s endless possibilities. From sports arenas to everyday lives – even snooker player Alex Hurricane Higgins found himself temporarily dependent on a plastered foot resting upon trusty crutches – reminding us that setbacks are mere stepping stones towards triumphs yet to come.