Lunch counter stool from Greensboro, North Carolina sit-ins
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Lunch counter stool from Greensboro, North Carolina sit-ins

Chicago Hardware Foundry Co., American, founded 1900 · 1939-1960

metal, wood, latex
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A salmon colored lunch counter stool from the F. W. Woolworth department store in Greensboro, North Carolina. The back rest and frame of the seat are chrome plated metal. The back rest is made of a middle rail with two spindles attached to a top rail that curves to connect to the chair seat. The seat has a plywood bottom and is attached to an iron tube. The iron tube and chair have been inserted into a reproduction metal base. A manufacturer’s tag is stapled to the bottom of the seat.

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