Amazing Colorized Photos Show What Kitchens Looked Like in the First Half of the 20th Century

   

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