Charlie Sorrel
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1939 Homemade Chair: The Ultimate Lounger

Modern Mechanix has posted a page from the August, 1939 issue of Popular Science, detailing an amazing home made recliner: COMFORT-LOVING Bill Porter, East St.... For the chair, which Porter designed and built, is equipped with seventeen convenient accessories, including a radio, bookcase, electric fan, shoe-shining and pipe-smoking equipment, and compartments for food and beverages.

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Modern Mechanix has posted a page from the August, 1939 issue of Popular Science, detailing an amazing home made recliner:

COMFORT-LOVING Bill Porter, East St. Louis, 111., handy man, takes no chances on having to get up for anything once he’s settled in his easy chair. For the chair, which Porter designed and built, is equipped with seventeen convenient accessories, including a radio, bookcase, electric fan, shoe-shining and pipe-smoking equipment, and compartments for food and beverages. A pull on a “gearshift” lever lowers the back, converting the chair into a bed.

Take that la-Z-boy!

Homemade Chair Has Seventeen Aids to Comfort [Modern Mechanix via Boing Boing]