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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.

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).

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

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.

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

wow the lighting on these is so great.

yea same, the lighting is pretty nice, i wonder if it is ambient

Is this an HDR photo?

absolutely not! this photo was taken in 1942. There was no photoshop back then. This photo is quite amazing considering the technology. That light coming from the left is a flash bulb. It has to be pretty bright to overpower the ambient daylight.

wow! you make amazing photos!

Cecil Peoli, early aviator, died in a crash in Maryland, 1915--see Early Aviators. Seems likely he is shown here with the Baldwin Red Devil airplane--the diagram looks close, if not identical, to the photo above.

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

Cecil Peoli Aero Club of America Pilot# 141 June 22,1912 Baldwin biplane Mineola, Long Island , New York. Peoli was a student of Thomas Baldwin Aero Club of America Pilot # 7

Cecil Peoli flew in Venezuela in April 1914. He was the first man to cross 'El Avila', the mountain that separates Caracas from La Guaira, and at the same time transported the first air mail in Venezuela (5 letters given to him by Carlos Montaubán). www.aviacioncivil.com.ve/cecil-peoli-el-nino-aviador-que-...