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