2007.33.58

AFB "Ladies Pocket Cane"

Mahler

Seven segment, telescoping long cane; cane segments collapse into handle for storage, grooves in sides of segments preserve correct orientation to handle; tapered nickel plated brass segments, varying from 9/16" immediately below handle to 1/4" at tip; spring-loaded button at each joint locks through hole in upper segment to secure joint open; 12-sided putty colored plastic grip on straight handle, aluminum plug at pommel with hole for cotton cord wrist loop; conical fitting at tip for steel, screw-post glide tip and black rubber washer.

H-43.625 Dia-0.75 inches

ca. 1973

Mahler

$6.50 in the 1973 AFB catalog. The glide tip was introduced by the American Foundation for the Blind on its canes in 1948.

Gift of Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired