Wheelchair Vintage Antique Handicapped Invalid Retro Royalty-Free Stock Image

Cane back wheelchair circa. These chairs were historically called invalid chairs, movable chairs, couches, garden chairs, and even go-chairs. In the middle of the 19th century, they were usually called invalid chairs. Toward the middle of the 19th century, wheelchairs with wooden frames and seats and backs made of cane were introduced. They were used widely in the United States by veterans of the Civil War. In the late 19th century, other modifications, such as wire-spoke wheels and rubber tires, were introduced.