Many young women and men were forced to learn their way around a kitchen as part of the war efforts during WWI. This photo shows a team of workers for the American Red Cross working in a kitchen that provided meals for refugees.
A woman shows off her New York apartment kitchen in 1914. This one shows a built-in sink. These were almost always a heavy porcelain or steel plus porcelain and became almost impossible to move after they were installed. This is why we have the phrase "Everything but the kitchen sink!"
A man works in the kitchen at St. Luke's in New York around 1915.
Remember Home Economics class? This is an early version of that shown in 1915.
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