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Local call number: N048023
Title: Interior view of Smallwood's store - Chokoloskee
Date: ca. 1950
Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in.
Series Title: General Collections
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida
500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL, 32399-0250 USA, Contact: 850.245.6700, Archives@dos.myflorida.com
Jagger takes a turn in the special chair. Note that there's no sunbeam. I don't think Jeffy would willingly surrender the chair if there were a sunbeam still.
One of the most amazing things about moving to a very tiny town is that this a place with history that people remember.
Sunday was amazing -- a light breeze and bright sun and 80 degrees out. Neighbors sit on their porches and rake their yards and do a whole lot of waving and chatting on days like this. It's also the kind of day when people just stop by -- I love living in a place where people just stop by.
Two men stopped by to return a chain Ali had lost in the snow while he was pulling their truck out of a ditch last weekend. Turned out one of the men grew up in our house!! He walked around with us explaining where the barn and the smokehouse and the ice house and the hog pen used to be. And he pointed into the near woods to where an old road used to run, leading back to a house that used to stand on a little rise -- not far from where I stood when I took this photo.
Yesterday in the late afternoon I put the dog on her leash and headed into the woods to search for that road. I'm pretty sure I found it ... along with the most amazing things -- newer relics. I don't know what this rocking chair is about but I do like how I felt coming upon it in the woods.
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The best of both worlds: an Adirondack Chair and a Rocking Chair combined into my Rustic Pallet Porch Rocker. This took four pallets to build and about ten hours total.
How I made my best-of-both-worlds Rustic Pallet Porch Rocker:
First, I cut one pallet lengthwise and then cut that in half to make the seat part of the rocker. I removed the top boards from a second pallet, selecting the three longest and widest pieces to form the backrest. I found some old landscaping ties at a construction site that were used as dividers for shipping metal gates and cut these lengthwise. I thought they looked rustic enough to use as the legs and armrest. I cut the landscaping ties again after I got my measurements for arms and legs. I found an old heavy-duty pallet (like the ones used for heavy equipment) that had 2x6" boards as its base.
I made a template from a rocker we have at home and cut the curves for the rocker. I assembled these using a screw gun and 2 1/2" screws for heavy wood and 1 5/8" screws for lighter wood. I mitered the legs for under the armrest. I did sand the pieces as I went and then filled in screws holes with wood filler. I had sanded the filled-in areas before I painted the rocker. The total build took me about ten hours, and I used about four pallets, but I didn't have to spend any money on this project! That's always great! I'm pleased with this Rustic Pallet Porch Rocker, and hope it inspires you to build one of your own!
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This HAS to be my favorite chair because it just came "home" with me to here, from my cousin in south Georgia- it has been with him for the last 35 years It belonged to my great grandmother- my Dad's grandmother! A true family heirloom, and is probably close to 200 yrs. old. :)
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Rocking chair made by my wife's uncle who learned from Hal at www.haltaylor.com .. I think she said it was made of Cherry
This rocking chair belonged to my great grandma but has gotten passed down to my grandpa. This chair was used by my great grandma to rock all of her kids. This chair was used around the 1930’s. The chair was used in Northwest Iowa. My grandpa still has this chair because it was passed down to him and it was his mom's.
This rocking chair belonged to my great grandma but has gotten passed down to my grandpa. This chair was used by my great grandma to rock all of her kids. This chair was used around the 1930’s. The chair was used in Northwest Iowa. My grandpa still has this chair because it was passed down to him and it was his mom's.
My mother made this beautiful rocking chair for my sister to celebrate her first child, the first grandchild in our family.
Local call number:RC15510
Title: Camping out with all the comforts, near Pensacola
Date: circa 1920s
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.
Series Title: Reference Collection
Repository: State Library and Archives of
Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us
Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/37003
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This would be my kind of place to sit for a spell, on a nice front porch with rocking chairs, overlooking some beautiful land dotted with horses. A girl can dream a little can't she?
According to my mom, this rocking chair has been in the family for around 100 years. My grandmother used to rock my mom in the chair when she was a baby, and mom fed me while rocking in the chair as well. It was painted bright blue in the 1950s by my grandma, unfortunately, and then they put a thick layer of black paint over that in the 60s or 70s that obscured the carved detail. Also, the chair was singed in a fire at some point, so when I was given custody of the heirloom in the 90s, we had it stripped and restored to our best guess at the original appearance. I know the Antiques Roadshow people wouldn't approve, but it was falling apart and now you can see the detail. It's quite comfortable, and low enough for my short legs to comfortably reach the floor. M-kitty likes to sit under it. Here she is on the left. In this view, dropcloths temporarily protect the carpet.
Title: Interior Room of Alumni Hall
Date: circa 1920s
Description: This photograph shows a couple of rooms on the first floor of Alumni Hall. The front room is furnished with two rocking chairs, a study table and chair, and an upright piano.
Image ID: 4-8-Alumni Hall interior
Copyright 2008, Iowa State University Library, University Archives
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