All Photos

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis at Hyannis Port

Hyannis Port, United States

Hyannis Port, United States

Ola Holt Taylor

Hope, United States

Lena Horne shoes off her new gas stove, which revolutionized efficiency in the kitchen

Another view inside a typical kitchen setup around 1900

Another image from Craftsman Magazine showing a model kitchen in 1906

A woman shows off her designer kitchen setup in 1910

As mothers spent more time in the kitchen, so to did the kids, as seen in this photo from a 1915 magazine.

A display for a modern Efficiency Kitchen in 1917

A view of a model Koehler kitchen from the 1920s

This 1925 photo shows what the typical kitchen in a middle class or upper-middle class home looked like.

This early photo shows the inner workings of the stoves, which evolved quite a bit around this time.

Catharine Beecher's design for kitchen efficiency started with ergonomics to make storage and retrieval easier.

A 1920's kitchen showing the inclusion of built-in cabinetry