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  2. History of the chair - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 November 2024. This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced ...

  3. History of school counseling in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of school counseling in the United States of America varies greatly based on how local communities have chosen to provide academic, career, college readiness, and personal/social skills and competencies to K-12 children and their families based on economic and social capital resources and public versus private educational settings in what is now called a school counseling program.

  4. Glore Psychiatric Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Glore Psychiatric Museum is part of a complex of St. Joseph, Missouri, museums, along with the Black Archives Museum, the St. Joseph Museum, and the American Indian and History Galleries. The Glore exhibits feature the 130-year history of the adjacent state mental hospital, and illustrate the history of mental health treatment through the ...

  5. Shaker furniture - Wikipedia

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    Rarer pieces have sold at auction in the mid six figures, while others (e.g. chairs from the 1800s) can be found in the hundreds. Collections of Shaker furniture are maintained by many art and historical museums in the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as in numerous private collections including the Shaker tilting chair. The ...

  6. Swivel chair - Wikipedia

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    Office swivel chairs, like computer chairs, usually incorporate a gas lift to adjust the height of the seat, but not usually large (e.g. recliner) swiveling armchairs. A draughtsman's chair is a swivel chair without wheels that is usually taller than an 'office chair' for use in front of a drawing board. They also have a foot-ring to support ...

  7. George W. Joseph - Wikipedia

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    Joseph was born on May 10, 1872, in a log cabin on Joseph Creek in Modoc County, California. [1] [2] The son of Delilah Jane Joseph (née Heath) and Edwin Worthington Joseph, Joseph moved to Oregon in 1876 with his parents. [2] In 1889, he graduated from high school in Lakeview, Oregon.

  8. David Rowland (industrial designer) - Wikipedia

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    Clement Meadmore, in his 1975 book The Modern Chair, described the chair as having "beautiful simplicity and total appropriateness". [1] Twenty-five hundred 40/4s were installed in St. Paul's Cathedral in London in 1973, site of the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, [2] and remain in use. The chair has been in continuous production ...

  9. Adirondack chair - Wikipedia

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    The Adirondack chair is an outdoor lounge chair with wide armrests, a tall slatted back, and a seat that is higher in the front than the back. [1] Its name references the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York .