Women in a Rolling Chair Pushed by a Male Attendant, Boardwalk at Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1930

Rolling chairs, introduced in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1884, were the only vehicles allowed on the resort town's popular boardwalk. Boardwalk businesses offered the chairs -- along with attendants to push them -- to tourists for rent. In 1891, Atlantic City began to capitalize on the practice, collecting a $10 licensing fee for each of the chairs.