2007.33.56

AFB Lightweight Aluminum Cane

American Foundation for the Blind

Bright aluminum long cane with 3.75" internal diameter crook; black plastic cap on open end of crook; straight 1/2" aluminum tube shaft; cone shaped fitting on foot with threaded hole for steel glide tip/black rubber washer assembly.

H-54 W-0.75 D-5 inches

ca. 1948

Label from AER, "Aluminum Cane, AFB". Introduced in the late 1940s, AFB's 1/2" diameter aluminum cane was listed in their 1947 catalog for $1.50 in any length. 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