amputees

Judge Quentin D. Corley (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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• Infrogmation of New Orleans said:

  Judge Quintin D. Corley of Dallas, Texas, born 21 January 1884. Lost both hands and his right arm in a railroad accident in 1905. He invented the hook for his arm, patented 1912, with which he could drive his automobile, including crank starting it. With various other prosthesis of his own invention, he was reported able to write with pencil, pen, or typewriter. This photo was published (cropped) on page 540 of "Popular Science Monthly" volume 88, 1916 with the caption "Judge Corley can run his automobile alone, and does it because he likes to." The Quentin D. Corley Academy in Dallas is named after him.

• Jim Hamann said:

  He looks like a mannequin. I wonder how long he had to sit still for the exposure. I didn't think that hat style was around so early (it's very 1940s-looking).

• Richard Norton said:

  I started a Wikipedia entry for him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Durward_Corley

• inkblot1 said:

  Hello, thanks for posting this photo. I used this picture with attribution to you on the article on how to get gas cards for medical appointment in WA. Thanks.

• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Disability History, and we'd love to have this added to the group!