Definitely antique stretcher

Just speculating but I got a hunch it was the replacement for the Coroner's wicker basket.
Until 1960 Rochester supported 2 morgues, City and County both had their own. City got a lot of business from the NY Central chopping people up, both rod riders and drunks.

Somebody looks to have tumbled into an old mortuary someplace in the city with the equipment turning up on Bookface. Last week a zinc topped embalming table showed up.
 
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