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Sunday, May 11. 2014

Another old chair from Mom's house

Another fine kiddie chair from my Mom's stash of furniture: a kiddie potty chair from the olden days. Of course, you put an old pot under it but it had already been adapted to a regular kid's chair when I was a lad.


Thanks to Mom for having saved all of this old stuff.


I wonder whether any readers know anything about the history of this one.




Posted by Bird Dog in Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 05:03 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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That sure looks like something you'd find in a "waterless" closet. Know'd a mean?
#1 Anonymous on 2014-05-11 08:55 (Reply)
My mom had one of those in the house when I was growing up too.
#2 Bulldog on 2014-05-11 12:34 (Reply)
My wife's mother left us a finely crafted antique Italian adult potty camouflaged as an end table, now serving us as an end table sans pot. It would be interesting to know just how it was used in pre-indoor plumbing days.
#3 BillH on 2014-05-11 13:02 (Reply)
Back in the day, my highchair was also a 'potty' chair. Mum nailed the seat shut and I learned not to do where I ate. But some bright spark obviously thought that particular two-in-one was a bright idea.
#4 Frances on 2014-05-11 19:39 (Reply)

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