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That illustration of 1889 should be an error: there is electric oven, toaster, radio and wall clock - isn't it bit too early for those items?
by aivisol 7y ago
That illustration of 1889 should be an error: there is electric oven, toaster, radio and wall clock - isn't it bit too early for those items?
- mc32 7y agoLooks like the blurbs for pictures were swapped.
- kazinator 7y agoThat is simply in no way a kitchen from 1889. In fact, though I don't actually think so, it could plausibly be a kitchen from 1989, of someone who likes to have a few retro items around. Rotary phones were still common; the only thing looking out of place for 1989 is that two-knob radio. Someone could easily have had that for 30 years (it's an older person's kitchen), or picked one up at a flea market or garage sale for fun. Stoves not very different from that one are still available today as low-end units. In run-down rental apartment buildings, you can still run into ones that have analog clocks.
- wahern 7y agoI toured a condominium for sale in San Francisco ~5 years ago. The entire kitchen was circa 1930s original, including refrigerator, stove, sink, and cabinets. It was all exceptionally well maintained and if I had bought that place I'd probably keep the kitchen exactly as it was.
- tyingq 7y agoThe image URL has 1948 in it. Here's the wikimedia entry: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Ladies%27_home_journal_(1948)_(14763671891).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Ladies%27_home_j... It appears to be the source of the bad date.