- Date
- 1988-11
- Kind
- Occurrence
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagehistorycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The November 1988 Beaver Beacon reported that Dorie Welke found an old wooden high chair at a Gladwin-area garage sale and learned that it had belonged to the seller’s family when they lived on Beaver Island. After her husband refinished it, Welke brought the chair back to the island.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper account of a family-linked object’s return. The issue does not establish the chair’s exact maker, date, ownership chain, or broader museum provenance.
Sources
- Reports Dorie Welke finding an old wooden high chair at a Gladwin-area garage sale, learning that it had belonged to the seller's family on Beaver Island, and bringing it back after her husband refinished it. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the family-and-object return account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Dorie Welke brings a family-linked Beaver Island high chair back to the island, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-high-chair-returns-1988/, accessed [date], citing “A High Chair Comes Home,” Beaver Beacon, November 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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