Chadwick Carrier (Medical Litter) Photographs (3) For Transporting Patients

1913. Chadwick Carrier Photographs (3) For Transporting Patients. No place, no photographer, circa 1913.

Three mounted silver gel photos 8 x 6 inches, on boards roughly 10 x 7 inches. Photos themselves are rich and clear but at angles we see small scratches and silvering. Boards are soiled and chipped. Inked manuscript on recto, "Cont. Photo 2264-2266" plus image 2264 has penciled "Chadwick Carrier". Verso is blank save for one with faint pencil markings.

Cornelia J. Chadwick of Newport, Rhode Island received patent number 1,096,489 on May 12, 1914, which is an improvement on her earlier 1899 patent. We enclose a copy of the 1914 patent. "The objects of my present invention comprise impartation of greater security and comfort to the patient during transportation during transportation...being essentially flexible carriers adapted to the transportation of wounder or otherwise disabled...." Chadwick's husband was commander of the battleship New York during the Spanish American War. Cornelia Chadwick specifically created this carrier to more easily transport wounded in the cramped quarters of a ship.

The photos provide three poses showing exactly how the carrier would work.