19-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Saturday, October 19, 1914:
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
Grandma did so much hard physical labor on the farm. Did she ever have time to sit down and put her feet up?
I hope that she had a Royal Easy Chair (though my gut feeling is that the Muffly’s didn’t own any easy chairs).
An aside: If you interested in reading my preliminary ideas, based on readers comments, about how to celebrate the end of Grandma’s diary in late December, there’s a new Friday Update on my author website, Sheryl Lazarus.com. Don’t worry if you don’t have time to look at this site–when it get’s closer to the end of the year, I’ll bring the ideas over to A Hundred Years Ago.
A Hundred Years Ago 
She’s been so quiet lately something’s up!!!
Stay tuned. 🙂
The original Lazy Boy chair!
I was surprised that reclining chairs have been around for so long.
I was too. And you will be amused that I went and bought one today. My first ever but it was on sale and too good a sale to miss.
What an amazing coincidence that you bought a recliner on the day when I happened to post an old ad for one. You’ll like it. I’m sitting in my recliner with my feet up as I write this. 🙂
Oh, that sounds good! Mine won’t be delivered till next week. Can’t wait.
I do think farmers and physical laborers loved this kind of chair! I have old photos of my father and grandfather snoozing in recliners.
I think that you’re right. I also have old pictures of my father snoozing in his recliner after a long day working on the farm. 🙂
That looks so uncomfortable. EGAD. Is it me?
Reclining chair technology and ergonomics have definitely improved over the years. 🙂
And I like the way your future plans are going
I’m glad you like them. I think that the next couple months should be a lot of fun.
I like the way the foot rest slides back and forth.
It’s interesting how the design was very different from modern reclining chairs.
I had not realised that this type of chair was around in those days. You educate without pain, many thanks.
I’m glad you are enjoying it. 🙂
I’ve never see one of those. I have an old “Morris” chair that has the rod across the back and notches on either side, so you could recline the back.
I learned something new. I never knew the name of that type of chair before.
I’ve heard that it was named that after the inventor.
Wow, I had no idea chairs like that were made so long ago. Look at the prices. 🙂 I would not be surprised if there are still some of them around some place…they made things to last back then no like today. Hugs
I also was surprised that reclining chairs have been around so long. The price range is huge: $12-$100. I wonder how the $12 chair differed from the $100 one.
I would love to know that too that is a wide price range for sure.