Dining Room and Kitchen

The southeast corner of the Carriage House has a dining room and kitchen exhibit. The dining room has an old Victrola, a formal dining table and chairs, and an organ in the background. The kitchen has a metal table and chairs, a cookbook, and period utensils used for mixing a cake. In the background on the right is an early electric range, miscellaneous utensils, and other work-saving gadgets. New for 2012 is the black stove in the back, a Yucatan Eclipse Cast Iron Stove made in 1893.

Animated View: Dining Room and Kitchen
Kitchens in the 1940s and '50s were becoming a mixture of older utensils and electrical inventions, some of which are included in the exhibit. (4 images, 2 second delay)

On the left is the dining room, with an old Victrola on the left, formal dining table and chairs, and organ in the background. On the right in the kitchen. The work area in the foreground consists of a metal table with leaves and metal chairs. The wooden table in the background on the left has a variety of containers. In the background on the right is an early electric range.