Wooden commode

2017.382.2156

Wooden commode

Object, Furnishings, Chair, Commode Chair

Wooden commode (potty seat/toilet chair) with lid. One of several items from donors in summer 2016 prior to selling their house on The Lane, GCI. Many items pertain to the Lulu Alley family. Items were in the house when donor's parents, June and Ed Sampson, bought the house from Lulu in November 1969. The house was built for Lulu Steele when she married Lewis Alley 1914(?); Lulu died in 2004. House is said to be a ca. 1914 Sears Roebuck modular home, similar to several others on GCI. The garage on the property was built by Mike Westphal in the 1980s. Big cook stove in kitchen is original. It was the only heat and only stove in the house originally. Rocking chair in house is original. Kitchen cabinetry on right of sink is original. Woodstove in the living room is 1973.

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