An amazing set of colorized photographs from Color Me Six Ways to Sunday that show what kitchens looked like from the first half of the 20th century.
Tenement Kitchen, 1905 |
1910s Kitchen |
Margarete's Kitchen, 1914 |
The Modern Kitchen, 1920 |
Woman Working in Kitchen, 1924 |
Mrs. Herbert Hoover and Mrs. James Ford at Girl Scouts’ Little House, Washington D.C, May 1925 |
1930s Grandma |
A Little Seasoning, circa 1930s |
Diamond Crystal Salt, circa 1930s |
Jean Harlow in the kitchen, circa 1930s |
Dream Kitchen, 1936 |
Cornshucking Day Dinner, 1939 |
Wood Residence Kitchen, circa 1939 |
Dollies in the Kitchen, 1940 |
In the kitchen with Judy, circa 1940s |
Dream Kitchen, 1942 |
Modern Kitchen, New Bedford, Massachusetts, Spring 1942 |
Mrs. Leslie Atkins taking an orange out of her well-stocked refrigerator, Greenbelt, Maryland, May 1942 |
Time to Boil the Diapers, 1943 |
Wash and Dry, 1943 |
Kitchen in home of Albert Paxton, miner, who lives in company housing project, National Fuel Company, Monarch Mine, Broomfield, Boulder County, Colorado, 2 July 1946 |
Kitchen of Mrs. J. V. Powell, 13 June 1946 |
Mrs. Irene Shelton's Kitchen, 8 August 1946 |
Skillet Dinner, circa 1950s |
Frigidaire, 1951 |
A Fresh Batch, 1955 |
Pillsbury Doughgirls, 1955 |