Kitchen

[Kachina624]

This was proudly described by the photographer as a beautiful, retro, 1950s kitchen.  What do you see wrong?

[on the bay]

the microwave? I didn't think there were any in 1950

[Bookplate]

How does the refrigerator door open - doesn't the stove get in the way?  And is that a microwave above the stove?

[Meowingkitty]

Not only the microwave but the fridge can't open.

[SandySparkles]

It looks as if there is a digital panel on the stove, and a microwave which they DEFINITELY did not have then!😁

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[loriqvc]

Actually, the microwave was available to consumers on a limited basis in the 1950s, though the models then certainly weren't the small over-the-range versions so popular today and shown here. I'm guessing this photo may have been taken to highlight the color scheme and/or retro approach to the kitchen, so perhaps they took liberties and simply corralled all the items into one tight shot—obviously, neither the refrigerator nor the oven is accessible in this setup. And I'm not sure what the bit of metal just visible on the counter near the stove might be; hopefully it isn't the sink, but who knows? 

[kitcat51]

That's funny...Thanks for sharing @Kachina624 

[on the bay]

I never would have thought this but just read that microwaves were commercially available in 1946 but to canteens,ships, restaurants and a bigger size than we see today.

And like @loriqvc said, some available in other places by the 50's.

That is surprising.

And yes that refrigerator can't open and maybe the oven door can't either.

I like teal and sea green colors but that refrigerator reminds me of the mint colored bottle of milk of magnesia.

[goldensrbest]

Did not realize the fridge could not open, i took a quick look but like the colors.

[Kachina624]

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@loriqvc wrote:

Actually, the microwave was available to consumers on a limited basis in the 1950s, though the models then certainly weren't the small over-the-range versions so popular today and shown here. I'm guessing this photo may have been taken to highlight the color scheme and/or retro approach to the kitchen, so perhaps they took liberties and simply corralled all the items into one tight shot—obviously, neither the refrigerator nor the oven is accessible in this setup. And I'm not sure what the bit of metal just visible on the counter near the stove might be; hopefully it isn't the sink, but who knows? 

@loriqvc. I entered Drexel University in 1960, majoring in home ec.  They were just experimenting with the use of microwaves in cooking.  Their prototype was described as huge and not suited for practical home use.

I was the first person I knew to get a microwave oven, in the late 1970s a GE.  It was huge and only 450 watts, also very expensive.

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