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Historic Kitchens

Visit old-world kitchens, tour private kitchens, create your own vintage kitchen with vintage hoosier-style cabinets, wood-burning stove, farmhouse sink, or even a dry sink… Learn historic cooking and kitchen technology from classes at historic kitchens and living history museums.

Historic Kitchens

Clabber Girl Museum

Clabber Girl Museum Seymour
Kitchen scene at Avila Adobe in LA, Cal. Photo by Brenard Gagnon, CC3.
1800s-1850s / Historic Kitchens

1818 Californian Avila Adobe kitchen

1818 Californian Avila Adobe kitchen Seymour
Google map of Morningside Nature Center location.
1870s / Historic Kitchens

1870s Florida Farm Reenactment

1870s Florida Farm Reenactment Seymour
Historic Kitchens

Culinary Arts Museum & School

Culinary Arts Museum & School Seymour
An avenue of restored houses in the village of Strawbery Banke.
Historic Kitchens

1919 Kosher kitchen reenactment

1919 Kosher kitchen reenactment Seymour
1900s kitchen with wood-burning cookstove, rag rug, and water pump at sink, and red and white gingham tablecloth.
1900-1909 / Historic Kitchens

Old Threshers Reunion 1900s Kitchen

Old Threshers Reunion 1900s Kitchen Seymour
cornmeal grinder, steam-powered.
Historic Kitchens

Flour and Cereal Grain Threshers & Mills

Flour and Cereal Grain Threshers & Mills Seymour
Historic Kitchens

Early-1900s Corn Processing

Early-1900s Corn Processing Seymour

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Vintage Cakes &c.

1935 Blue ribbon winner from Hero, Vermont for Sno-Sheen flour.

1935 Winner of the Pillsbury Blue Ribbon, Ella Way

September 4, 2023November 7, 2023

Dainty Dishes booklet by Maria Parloa.

Maria Parloa COOKBOOKS and BOOKLETS

August 31, 2023October 25, 2023

Watermelon Cake.

1930s New Party Cakes for All Occasions – Gold Medal – Watermelon Cake, etc. – Betty Crocker cake recipe booklet

March 23, 2023October 9, 2023

Boy and a girl eating sandwiches.

The Versatility of Baker’s Yeast: Uncovering Forgotten Uses from Yeast Booklets on eBay

August 2, 2022August 15, 2023

c. 1920: A Selection of Choice Recipes

January 5, 2014August 25, 2023

Kitchen Stories

training a cook, first day luncheon.

Eureka! Cottage Life, Part II: Teaching the Cook, 1880s

September 19, 2023September 20, 2023

Davy Crockett's Tennessee log cabin.

Meal to Meal with Davy Crockett

August 13, 2023August 18, 2023

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