Lunch counter stool from Greensboro, North Carolina sit-ins
date: label: Date
content: 1939-1960
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Chicago Hardware Foundry Co., American, founded 1900
label: Used by
content: F. W. Woolworth Company, American, 1879 - 1997
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place used
content: Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Segregation
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by the International Civil Rights Center & Museum, Greensboro, NC
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.226.1
objectType: label: Type
content: counter stools
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal, wood, latex
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 23 1/2 × 15 × 15 in. (59.7 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm)