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Weaving for Occupational Therapy in WWI

1920s
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During World War I, weaving was a part of occupational therapy at Walter Reed.

Men sit at looms in Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington D.C., during World War I.

Source: National Museum of Health and Medicine

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