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Antique Wheelchair Models

The chair and the wheel were two of man’s earliest inventions, dating back to 4000 B.C. The first evidence of combining wheels with furniture was a Greek wheeled baby-bed, built in 530 B.C. It was not until 1595 that an actual wheelchair was invented. This antique wheelchair was used by King Phillip II of Spain. [...]

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You Can’t Sell Antique Appliances on The Internet, Can You?

When John Jowers went to work at his father’s appliance company, he never thought it would lead to a sideline business restoring antique refrigerators. But now their “cool” appliances are doing a hot business on the web. Those of us who are, to put it politely, in our prime, may remember a time when a [...]

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