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Anything Here Look Familiar?

jubilant — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 03:40:32 GMT

Straight out of the 50's. Just thought it might be fun to reminisce.

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rms1954 — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 03:54:25 GMT

We had those floors in our family home. I barely remember them. Those cabinets look familiar also. I was born in 54.

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LdyBugz — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 04:08:49 GMT

I remember my mom having a smaller version of that stove. What is that big green thing next to the stove? I've never seen that before. 🤔

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Foxxee — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 05:23:29 GMT

Yes. My father has a refrigerator just like this one in his garage. It still works.

Also, on the far left he has this 1950's Westinghouse roaster/rotisserie on a stand. Still using it.

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Foxxee — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 05:15:43 GMT

@LdyBugz wrote:
I remember my mom having a smaller version of that stove. What is that big green thing next to the stove? I've never seen that before. 🤔

@LdyBugz

That is a roaster/rotisserie on a stand. The bottom is used for storage. My mother and father have one. Theirs is white. I think this one is white, too. Makes yummy chicken.

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beach-mom — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 05:31:51 GMT

My grandmother had a checked floor. I can't remember the color. She had a yellow Formica table, but she never covered it.

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aubnwa01 — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 05:42:03 GMT

We had an O'Keefe & Merritt gas stove (that thing was built like a tank!) & a Servel gas fridge.

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rockygems123 — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:06:40 GMT

@jubilant The clock sure looks familiar, looks like a Westclox!

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AngelPuppy1 — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 09:43:36 GMT

This looked so much like my MIL's kitchen! I love this picture. I am old fashioned, but I love this stuff!! It makes me feel warm and fuzzy when I see it!!!

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Desertdi — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 10:37:34 GMT

50"s ??? My grandma had better stuff than that...

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candys mine — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 10:58:24 GMT

The Floor tiles. My Dad put down our kitchen floor in the fifties and he ( clever fellow that he was) put a contrast colour trail all around the room with outlines mimicing rugs in front of the stove and sink areas. GENERATIONS of kids in this family have driven our toy cars around that "roadway"!

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candys mine — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 11:00:13 GMT

@Desertdi Ouch.

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jubilant — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 11:53:55 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
50"s ??? My grandma had better stuff than that...

@Desertdi Mine did, too. It stands to reason my mom and dad's parents were more established. In my life, this would have been at a time when my parents were just starting out. I remember similar items in our kitchen from about 5yrs. old. That would have been 1955. Mom and dad had just built a small ranch house with a basement. I'm sure many of the things they had may have been hand me downs from their parents. It sure brings back some sweet memories!

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Mom2Dogs — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 11:54:58 GMT

I have that vintage tablecloth!

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Imaoldhippie — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 12:11:05 GMT

That big green thing next to the stove is a roaster. I have seen them in pictures and antique stores but no one in my family had one. My Grandma's had the smaller ones that sat on the counter tops, but not a free standing one like this picture shows.

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Boehm Collector — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 12:13:09 GMT

I remember the stove, refrigerator and the aqua bowl on the table.

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AnikaBrodie — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 12:17:58 GMT

The tablecloth, cupboards, refrigerator and canister set (flour, sugar, coffee and tea).

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LdyBugz — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 13:34:35 GMT

@Foxxee Oh wow! That's very interesting. Thanks for the info!

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FLtricia — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 13:39:01 GMT

The canister set is exactly what was in our kitchen growing up. My 95 year old mother still uses the coffee and tea canisters.

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software — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 13:47:21 GMT

My grandmother had that roaster in white, I never saw her use it.

We had a wringer washer in the kitchen next to the sink.

We lived in apartments mostly, those cabinets are nicer than we had.

Mostly we had metal cabinets.

My parents bought their first house when I was in high school, first thing my mother did was remodel the kitchen!