Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Chicago Hardware Foundry Co., American, founded 1900
- Subject of
- F. W. Woolworth Company, American, 1879 - 1997
- Description
- A green 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 metal pedestal. A manufacturer’s tag is stapled to the bottom of the seat.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by the International Civil Rights Center & Museum, Greensboro, NC
- 1939-1960
- Object number
- 2015.226.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- counter stools
- Medium
- metal, wood, latex
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 23 1/2 × 15 × 15 in. (59.7 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm)
- Place collected
- Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Segregation
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2015.226.2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57acb78ee-df92-49ca-a2bc-f44dca634c09
