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Originally posted by JohnGalt:
I don't know if this is the right area to post this, so if any moderator feels this needs to be moved to a new board, then by all means do so. Thanks.

When my parents brought me home from the hospital in the mid 1960s, there were no infant car seats like there are today. However, my parents tell me that they did place me in a primitive (i.e. the 1960s) form of an infant car seat that simply hooked over the back of the front bench seat via two hooks made out of either plastic or metal. The actual seat where the infant (me) sat, was, to the best of my parent's recollection, made out of a similar sort of webbing that comprised the old aluminum and webbing folding lawn furniture of that same era. The infant's legs slid through two holes made for this purpose. Apparently there was also an infant's "car bed" that similarly hooked over the front bench seat so that the child could lie down on it and sleep. And yes, I made it through the 1960s unscathed!

When I learned about these devices (which my parents tell me were not widely used at the time), I immediately set out to try and find some photos of these 1960s infant car seats and car beds. Thus far I have only been able to find one site that briefly talks about the history of car seats. But as of yet, I have not been able to find any photographs of these old style car seats. And no, my parents didn't take any pictures of me in these car seats. Cameras and picture taking back then were about as primitive as the car seats!

Does anyone know where I might be able to find a picture of these style car seats/beds? Does anyone remmeber having something like this? Did anyone else's parents drive you home in something similar during that same era?