1936 car seat!

sb518 · Jul 30, 2007

I liked this, thought I would share

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/01/10/auto-seat-gives-infant-comfort-aka-kiddie-catapult/

MomToEliEm · Jul 30, 2007

Very interesting product. Definately something great for a time when seatbelts weren't even common in cars. I think that would be a great product to include in an antique car (not for use though, just show).

Patriot201 · Jul 30, 2007

That's from 1936? It looks much newer.

Judi · Jul 30, 2007

Very cool.

Tiffanie · Jul 31, 2007

wow, I didn't even think they had anything back then.

Patriot201 · Jul 31, 2007

Tiffanie said:
wow, I didn't even think they had anything back then.

I didn't either.

It definitely looks newer than 1936, but I guess I am wrong!

AdventureMom · Jul 31, 2007

I don't think it's a safety device - just a 'booster' to boost kids up so they can see. I think the straps are just to strap it to the car, not strap the child into the car. Looks like it would make it more likely that they would be thrown through a window in a crash, though.

Suzibeck · Jul 31, 2007

Interesting...

I was born in 1966 and I remember sitting in this seat that hooked over the seat, kind of like a giant over the door hook only it was a double over the seatback hook. The giant hook was attached to a metal frame with a cloth seat, like an old fashioned stroller seat. No seatbelts. But mom could put me in there and I'd stay put rather than climb all over the car. We didn't have a car with functioning seatbelts until I was in 5th grade.

southpawboston · Jul 31, 2007

The seat provides the child with full vision and is said not to come loose or jar out of place. *

*unless vehicle is in an accident

teekadog · Jul 31, 2007

Susan in MI said:
Interesting...

I was born in 1966 and I remember sitting in this seat that hooked over the seat, kind of like a giant over the door hook only it was a double over the seatback hook. The giant hook was attached to a metal frame with a cloth seat, like an old fashioned stroller seat. No seatbelts. But mom could put me in there and I'd stay put rather than climb all over the car. We didn't have a car with functioning seatbelts until I was in 5th grade.

My mom, the oldest in her family, born in 1948, said her family had something like this for her youngest brother and sister, born in 1958 and 1959. My g-mom apparently loved it and would loved to have had something like it for her 4 older children, but she said there wasn't anything before it came out. I always took her word for it, as car seat history. I'll have to share this link with her.

Momto2whosews · Jul 31, 2007

Susan in MI said:
Interesting...

I was born in 1966 and I remember sitting in this seat that hooked over the seat, kind of like a giant over the door hook only it was a double over the seatback hook. The giant hook was attached to a metal frame with a cloth seat, like an old fashioned stroller seat. No seatbelts. But mom could put me in there and I'd stay put rather than climb all over the car. We didn't have a car with functioning seatbelts until I was in 5th grade.

My DH was born in '67 and my MIL has described the exact same thing. I don't know if she actually owned one - probably just let her 4 kids run wild in the car - but she said that's what was available then.

My grandmother used to talk about how my uncle rode in a wicker laundry basket on the ledge behind the backseat as an infant

. I think he was born in the mid-50's.

trailrunnermom · Jul 31, 2007

Susan in MI said:
I was born in 1966 and I remember sitting in this seat that hooked over the seat, kind of like a giant over the door hook only it was a double over the seatback hook. The giant hook was attached to a metal frame with a cloth seat, like an old fashioned stroller seat.

I had the same "car seat" in the early 60's! My other safety devices were: (1) Mom's arm being thrown across me when she had to brake quickly; and (2) Standing up in the back in the middle and hanging over the front seatback.

One of my dad's cars (that he bought from a friend for about $25) had giant holes in the rear floorboard; it was always fun to watch the road go by!

AdventureMom · Jul 31, 2007

These are both from previous threads...

This may be the one from the 50s/60s:

And here's one that may be even earlier than the OP's ad:

Patriot201 · Jul 31, 2007

Maria's picture looks MUCH more like a picture from the 20s or 30s.

The clothing looks much more like those of the time period.

momof2kiddos · Jul 31, 2007

trailrunnermom said:
I had the same "car seat" in the early 60's! My other safety devices were: (1) Mom's arm being thrown across me when she had to brake quickly; and (2) Standing up in the back in the middle and hanging over the front seatback. One of my dad's cars (that he bought from a friend for about $25) had giant holes in the rear floorboard; it was always fun to watch the road go by!

OMG,lol....I would be terrifed to fall through that hole...

AdventureMom · Jul 31, 2007

Patriot20171 said:
Maria's picture looks MUCH more like a picture from the 20s or 30s....
The clothing looks much more like those of the time period.

I looked at the ad from the OP and it's definitely from a 1936 magazine, though. I was thinking about the clothing, also, and - wasn't that about the same time as the original Little Rascals? Didn't that little girl wear short little dresses like in the OP's ad...? :scratcheshead:

Patriot201 · Jul 31, 2007

AdventureMom said:
I looked at the ad from the OP and it's definitely from a 1936 magazine, though. I was thinking about the clothing, also, and - wasn't that about the same time as the original Little Rascals? Didn't that little girl wear short little dresses like in the OP's ad...? :scratcheshead:

You are right! I had forgotten about that!

bethng · Jul 31, 2007

I was born in 1971 and my mom had a car bed for me. She just placed it in the back seat (or maybe the front!) and layed me in it. I probably rolled all over when she had a sudden stop or start lol My brother born in 74 did have a car seat though. I reamember it was black vinyl and had a bar that went over his head like an OHS seat. Not sure how he was actually restrained though. Or if it was even belted into the car. But it kept my very ADHD brother from climbing all over the car and my mom while she was driving. And we NEVER wore seatbelts until I was about 14.

EzzieMom · Jul 31, 2007

I remember climbing all over in the back seat when I was growing up, never wore a seat belt...our seats were covered in duct tape it was so old. I don't know if there was seat belts or not. I also don't remember if we had car seats or not (I was born in '81..I'm sure there was something around). I remember my mom being pulled over by a cop PREGNANT with my brother and NOT wearing her seat belt!!
Do you all remember the movie "Look who's talking?" Remember when John Travolta put the baby in the metal car seat, FFing in the front seat of his cab? And he just took the seat belt and put it across the whole car seat and baby??

I thought nothing of it before and now I watch it amazed that it was ever legal.
p.s. my day care provider (the lady who watched me when I was growing up) said she remembered her mom bringing home her baby brother, after he was born, from the hospital in her arms. She sat in the passanger seat and just held him in her arms!

Momto2whosews · Jul 31, 2007

AdventureMom said:
These are both from previous threads...

I love the "When Mother has to do her own driving..." bit

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