2007.33.63

Steel "glide" style cane tip

Nickel plated steel glide tip on machine screw post; black rubber washer.

H-0.625 Dia-0.75 inches

The glide tip was introduced by the American Foundation for the Blind on its canes in 1948. The tip style, also called the NFB glide tip, was later popularized by the National Federation of the Blind in its own cane designs.

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