4.22.2

Highchair

1930 Approximate

Bentwood Highchair with Tray. Material: wood, metal. Size: 17" x 38". Description: dark hard wood chair built to hold a toddler at table level for meals; bentwood back and a curved back rest attaches to the seat from which extend four tall, outwardly angled legs; the legs are reinforced by four horizontal rungs from leg to leg; a feeding tray is hinged to the sides of the bentwood frame and rests on the arms of the chair, it can also be swung over the back of the chair; a narrow board is attached horizontally below the seat to act as a foot rest for the occupant.

This early 1930s era highchair was the property of Wilda (Keith) Heasley Smith, formerly of Wheatland, Pennsylvania. It is a bentwood chair indicative of the early 1900s. Wilda and her brother LeRoy Heasley, along with several of their cousins, used the highchair as it was passed among their respective families as the need arose. It was when Wilda and Keith became grandparents that the chair came back to them. Those children u sed it and each time the Smiths moved, they brought the highchair with them for sentimental reasons. The Smiths have lived in Waseca for many years.