Archie and Edith Bunker’s original chairs are on display in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, and Norman Lear were on hand at the ceremony in 1978 when those items were donated. Carroll O’Connor did not attend in person but telephoned in during the party the included the likes of Senator Barry Goldwater. As I understand it during later seasons the production unit used replicas of those originals. Everything else on set though remained essentially the same. Norman Lear originally had wanted the show to be shot in black and white, but the executives at CBS said no. Instead Lear went with the muted browns with which we are familiar. Well tomorrow the “All in the Family” original set goes on sale alongside Johnny Carson’s interview desk, the Cheers bar and much more.