1970s
Genuine original Crock-Pot Slow Cookers from the ’70s
In the ’70s, Crock-Pot Slow Cookers became popular, because a meal could be cooked for pennies a serving, and cuts of meat coudl be deliciously tenderized.
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1940s
20 retro yellow kitchens from yesteryear: Sunny midcentury home decor
These retro yellow kitchens – in all their buttery, warm and sunny splendor – are here for the midcentury home decor enthusiast to appreciate!
1950s
Live Jetsons-style in the home of tomorrow! Ideas for retro-futuristic space-age inventions (1958-1961)
Imagine getting paid to create retro-futuristic space-age inventions. Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, that is exactly what commercial artist and futurist Arthur Radebaugh got to do.
1950s
How to be a perfect ’50s housewife: Love your refrigerator!
For the picture-perfect housewife of the ’50s, the kitchen was the heart of the home. And the heart of the kitchen was the refrigerator/freezer combo – the kind of luxury that mother and grandmother could have only dreamed of!
1950s
How to be a perfect ’50s housewife: In the kitchen
A lighthearted look back at the 50s housewife during the sunny days of yesteryear, when a woman’s home was her castle — and her kitchen was the heart of that home.
1950s
How to be a perfect fifties housewife: Laundry edition
In the ’50s, the love you had for your kitchen paled only in comparison to the adoration you felt for your washer and dryer.
1970s
Introducing the microwave oven: Your new kitchen appliance! (1971-1975)
Some microwave oven questions & answers from the early 1970s! Plus tips like: “Just plug it in and turn it on. The food gets hot. The oven stays cool. If you want, you can even cook on paper plates.”
1800s
6 stunning silver Victorian tilting water pitchers (1889)
The tilting water pitcher was something often found on the dining table during the Victorian era. Mounted on a swing pivot, it simplified the task of pouring ice water into cups or glasses, as there was no lifting required.
1950s
Household in the pink: Pink home accessories & decor (1955)
Household in the pink Having run the gamut in clothes, pink has moved in on home furnishings, and is seeping into every room of the
1960s
Wild & wonderful new ways to wrap gifts (1961)
The best way to gift-wrap a bulky or odd-shaped kitchen appliance or utensil is — don’t! Give it a fanciful shape, instead — with Christmas paper, ribbons, gay ornaments, and such.
1960s
Tappan Time Machines for your kitchen (1960s)
If you don’t have enough time, maybe you don’t have enough Tappan Time Machines! See some time-saving new kitchen appliances for women who have more to do than cook food and wash dishes.
1960s
Make your kitchen the happy hub of your home! (1963)
Who needs a nursery? Look what you can get to go with the family to make your kitchen the happy hub of your home! Know
1950s
Dormeyer portable mixer with 9 speeds! (1957)
It’s a totally new kind of portable. It’s the new 1957 Dormeyer… completely redesigned and styled like a new car! Comes in white, pink, turquoise or yellow with chrome trim.
1920s
Go window shopping in Washington DC in the 1920s
J C Harding & Co, Inc. electrical goods “Housecleaning made easy” – appliances, radio, vacuums Shoe store (1925) Display of Dr Scholl’s shoes and
1970s
Miracle machines: The latest food processors (1977)
Miracle machines: Chef’s Delights Some critics claim that the only cook who really needs a food processor is one who must feed a dozen lumberjacks
1950s
Introducing the new toaster that’s an oven too! (1957)
Introducing the new toaster that’s an oven too! The new General Electric Toast-R-Oven makes perfect toast “upstairs” or “down.” Heats bread and rolls, toasts buttered
1980s
25 hottest Black & Decker Christmas gifts for 1987
The 25 most talked about gifts of ’87 Black & Decker products are so unique and special, they’re not just given and enjoyed, they’re talked
1970s
Rival Crock-Plate multi-purpose cooker (1977)
Rival Crock-Plate The Rival Crock-Plate multi-purpose cooker has a high-fired stoneware plate that does the work of several appliances. You can panbroil, bake, poach, steam,
1960s
Smart styles to stitch: Perky plaid kitchen decor (1966)
Perky plaid curtains, blender cover & tool hanger To make curtains, cut length of plaid, plus solid-color fabric for cuff, to height of windows, allowing
1970s
Sunbeam Hot Shot Hot Beverage Maker (1974)
The Sunbeam Hot Shot Hot Beverage Maker For soup or hot drinks wherever you want them Now get bubbling hot water in about 90 seconds
1950s
Have a King-size Fiesta with Roto-Broil 400 (1955)
See two different versions of the Roto Broil “400” — always America’s favorite infra-red rotisseries — popular kitchen appliances from the ’50s!
1950s
Pink & yellow kitchens of the fifties
New kitchen is study in pastel hues If you’re puzzling over a kitchen color scheme, here’s help. The current trend toward pastels in the room
1960s
The latest small appliances & gadgets from 1961
How to play Santa to 12 harried people Low-silhouette blender! / Hear, walk & talk while your hair dries New Nocturne Alarm clock /
1970s
Enter the Cuisinart (1977)
Appliances: Gourmet breakthrough Once it was the perquisite of only the grandest gourmets — perfect for pureeing some chestnuts, perhaps, or creating an insouciant little
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