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Kitchen of Tomorrow from 1943

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 11.24.08
Design & Architecture (kitchen)

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It's Monday, so Google must have rolled out another new feature to waste our day. Now that I have made my email look prettier I can move on to their new picture gallery of thousands of shots from Life Magazine. One amazing set found by Laure at Dwell is a 1943 series of a kitchen-of-tomorrow exhibit taken by Time/Life's Nina Leen.

It has built in waffle irons and toasters, a kitchen sink operated by foot pedals decent storage for root vegetables and a great glass display of canned goods from the gardens, this is truly a kitchen of tomorrow today.

other Kitchens of the Future in TreeHugger:

kitchen old image
1939: The Electric House of the Future

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1957 Frigidaire Dream Kitchen of Tomorrow

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GE Kitchen of the Future

what used to be my favorite, The Kitchen of the Future, 1967

But you have to watch Dream Kitchen, set to music.


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