On a lark, I decided to show off a few pictures from kitchens from the 1930s-50s. Enjoy!
![Kitchen utensils Kitchen utensils by Library of Congress](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2342/2179131831_163c3a720d.jpg)
![Washstand in the dog run and kitchen of Floyd Burroughs cabin Dog run and kitchen, 1935-6, by Library of Congress](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3400/3549662150_742a0bbc04.jpg)
![Mrs. Missouri Thomas kitchen Mrs. Missouri Thomas kitchen, 1939, by the New York Public Library](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/3109741719_37b184a1b4.jpg)
![Home-canned food Home-canned food, 1941-5, by Library of Congress](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2211/2179131683_3b1bd6c7df.jpg)
![Domestic Servant Domestic Servant, 1939, by New York Public Library](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3027/3110575890_f2f24eac17.jpg)
![Dinette Set Dinette Set, 1954, by the Library of Virginia](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/2899333538_802ef44cbb.jpg)
![Florence Austral at home Florence Austral at home, 1953, by State Library of New South Wales collection](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2652/3864186278_137a0cafcd.jpg)
I’ve written about the New York Public Library digital galleries before. The following are some more mid-century kitchen photographs, but regardless of what you’re researching, you should check out the over 700,000 images they’ve digitized from their collection.
Flickr, as always, remains a great resource for old photographs and scanned images. Here are a few highlights:
- The Mid Century Kitchen::Design Ideas from the 1940’s and 1950’s
- Kitchen Kitsch
- Vintage Interiors – There are a few categories you can look in here, so I just linked to the entire collection.