Sedan chair: A portable chair for one occupant, enclosed in a shell, and carried by two people known as 'Chairmen'.
Marine Commandants: High-ranking officers in charge of a marine barracks, historically users of the sedan chair for transportation.
Chairmen: Individuals employed to carry sedan chairs through urban environments, requiring strength to bear heavy loads.
Right-of-way: Legal entitlement to proceed first in the context of traffic, which in this case, applied to chairmen carrying sedan chairs on pavements.
Public donations: Monetary contributions from individuals, used in this context to fund the restoration of the museum's sedan chair.