Wednesday, July 15, 2020 ENJOY THE 1950’S LOOK
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15TH, 2020
OUR 105TH ISSUE
OF
FROM THE ARCHIVES
The 1950’s Kitchen
A few years in the 1950’s kitchen did not leave me with any nostalgia.
It all looks so easy to tend your family dinner in high heels and all the food fitting in the oven. Note the electric stove
Drive up to the A&P in your “woodie” station wagon.
Yummie: Velveeta “cheese”, Oleo margarine, Cheese-it, Breyers’s Ice Cream
Please note the proper way to market.
Above: Not the chic Kitchen Aide of today
Below: Sunbeam Electric skillet
Above: Cornflower by Corning, still going strong.
Below:Wheat pattern dinnerware that you got for free at the Supermarket
Above: Everything went Atomic in the 50’s
Below: Item found at most yard sales: the Fondue Pot
Dansk is the heaviest cookware that I ever attempted to lift. Must need Scandinavian strength.
Many of my friends still have the stool with steps. A great place for a kid to sit and watch mom cook.
Hipsters love these and our parents were glad to be rid of the torn seats and bulky table.
Kosher soap was a blue and white mystery item in my grandmother’s kitchen
After a day in the kitchen you make your own fashionable frocks……………sure!!!
WEDNESDAY’S PHOTO OF THE DAY
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Win a trinket from Kiosk
TUESDAY’S PHOTO OF THE DAY
Leather handstrap from original
tram cabin and wheel from mechanical part of original tram
EDITORIAL
The 1950’s seem to be so glamorous in the year 2020.Looking back, it was a tough time for women and there was an abundance of new postwar innovations but still mom was home cooking and cleaning most days.
You will notice dad is nowhere to be seen. He was on the easy chair, reading the newspaper, feet up and dog asleep at his side.
JUDITH BERDY
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Text by Judith Berdy
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