It Happened in the Kitchen, Part 2 - ca. 1941

A feature from General Electric advertising the modern all-electric kitchen. Displays several examples of kitchen design and remodeling. Planning for efficiency and convenience.

[@angelaricottawarriorrose9917]

Sad thing is this is 2020 and these kitchens are better then mine😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@artdecotimes2942]

By a wide margin.

[@mariahsmom9457]

Same here!

[@ilagames3772]

Your right, in 40's kitchen looks beautiful! 😃💖

[@robinmayau9884]

😅

[@SusanLu59]

Right?? I would trade for that farmhouse kitchen any day. Lol.

[@JustAGalOnTheGo]

I want a kitchen that will help me retain my “youth, charm and attractiveness”! 😂

[@keeprisingtothetop708]

I gonna use this quote when I buy a item on impulse 🤣🤣🤣

[@denisedenise9725]

Get amaid

[@JESUSISLORDforever888]

hahahahahahaaha, ain’t THAT the truth

[@rockinroll6342]

with a defrost free refrigerator and a microwave and self cleaning oven, you will lose your youth and attractiveness and gain 50 pounds.

[@MrBobbybrus]

They included a Westinghouse Flux capacitor time machine so could always go back in time too.

[@sabrinasmyspace]

I love how most of these houses have more modern appliances than we do today, and are SO conviently designed.

[@megans23456]

Tytttyt

[@maggiee639]

These kitchens are nice even by today’s standards! Some people prefer the old appliances and they sell for good money now a days

[@HappyGirl92593]

Those appliances were modern and different for that era but we definitely have much better and more modern appliances now. We don’t even need so many appliances since a lot of them for a long time now, are for multiple uses. Most people would never want to buy or use those appliances from 1941. They’re outdated. So no, they aren’t better or more modern for todays home.

[@bonniegaither3994]

@Baron Munchausen , your comment has nothing to do with what’s being said here. STFU.

[@bonniegaither3994]

@@HappyGirl92593 , spoken like a truly young person.

[@beckylsparks]

“It’s play rather than work!” as she continues to cook everything from scratch.😁😁

[@sunniertimer598]

Wasn't that something? Lol.

[@tribequest9]

Compared to how much work it used to be I'm sure it did feel like a lot less work.

[@JoelleGrace]

Actually i do consider cooking (even three times a day!) feels more like “play” than work to me, I love it so much! 😂😍

[@MichaelSHartman]

That box on the wall 19:16 held matches for a wood burning cookstove that had to be continuously tended, and heated the entire kitchen like today's wood heater, even in July. Canning was worse. Getting the wood from tree to split wood for the stove made cooking look easy. Turn a knob to a exact reliable temperature. A single unit heats, not the entire stove, oven, and kitchen. The heat was so exact you could use a pressure canner, or cooker on it.

[@TheMormonSorceress]

To be fair they can be fun.

[@chrishobbs6878]

These kitchens are actually pretty stylish and efficient. I'm sure they weren't affordable for most in 1941. I wouldn't mind having some of the features from these kitchens even today.

[@theconciergerecommends3981]

My house was built in 1940... the kitchen looks very similar to the yellow one in this film... still has original tile and sink and is in use every day... operates as good as any new kitchen.

[@brandielambright460]

That’s awesome! My house was built in 1950. Had my house not been gutted when we bought it, I’d love to see how it was, or if it was still in working condition. In today’s society, we are so quick to throw out the old, and bring in the new. Everyone is tryin to keep up with the Jones’s.

[@tedoneilclark4710]

You must have achieved the American dream 🤣

[@lindaeasley5606]

My mom was 9 years old in 1941 .Her family lived in a run down shack with an outhouse . This here was rich people living to most rural folks of the day

[@brandielambright460]

My Grandpa was also 9 years old at the time. My great grandparents lived in a tiny 2 bedroom house. The three girls were in one room four boys in the other, while my g. grandparents slept on a hideaway in the front room. They, too had an outhouse. In 1952, they built a bigger home on their property (with a kitchen much like these). The little house became my g. grandma’s beauty parlor, and then in the 80’s, a two car garage. When I was a little girl, I always thought it was weird that the garage had linoleum, counters and cupboards. It wasn’t until late elementary school did I know why.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@brandielambright460 That’s a wonderful American dream story right there - a couple moving up so much by their own hard work.

[@forgottenpalace4472]

Yes.

[@Hevynly1]

These kitchens are gorgeous!! So much more attractive than our modern look, imo. And so smartly designed. Total kitchen goals!

[@HouseWinchester1874]

They were much better quality back then.

[@tngirl341]

But how much did they cost then? Who could afford them? No one in my family could afford stuff like this

[@zackadesina]

What? In the last example, the outside door backs on to the refrigerator, the range is placed so you cook butt-up to the backdoor causing a safety hazard. Why do people get so hooked on nostalgia that they can't decipher poor design from common sense. Ridiculous.

[@monkeywkeys3916]

@@HouseWinchester1874 Huge Quality to Value Ratios. I can tell. WoW.

[@tonyac7432]

When my mother remodeled her kitchen in the late 90's she made sure she that under the cabinet between the sink and stove she had a pull out cutting board with the knife drawer below then a bread box and the drawer below it was a bin for potatoes & onions but you didn't know it unless you pulled the drawer out. I asked her how did you ever think to do all of these things? She replied I took the things I liked from the kitchen we had growing up and then the one from this house.

[@GeethaNaido]

wow...i like that bread box and soup stove..that’s really innovative..i wonder why they stopped making that..

[@Gimpinalong]

purplehobie canned foods came around and took over like bagged bread :(

[@user-sm7og6fi3j]

Gimpinalong You still need a bread bin, it keeps fresher in one. In Europe we’ve always used them.

[@YT4Me57]

Haven't used a bread bin since about 1969.

[@deedebdoo]

I wish I had one. My grandmother had one. They were hard to clean.

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

@@YT4Me57 I have the 1970 Tupperware bread container!.....lol..

[@bexp748]

My Nan had a massive house when I was a child, the kitchen was huge and my nan was always baking and cooking, as soon as you walked through the door she'd offer you marmalade on toast with a cup of hot tea, it was the best. She had a vegetable garden with a huge apple tree that she'd planted for when my mum was born. My uncle would be fixing up cars on the drive, wish I'd watched and learnt. There was a staircase you could slide down the hand rail, I would play till my hearts content. I consider myself very lucky to of had that experience growing up.

[@brandielambright460]

The days of yesteryear!

[@v.r.2834]

Beautiful ❤

[@tropicaoptica]

She had a good husband. This was back when men were providers.

[@bexp748]

@@tropicaoptica absolutely and some are still, just not my father or the father to my daughter and now her partners left her with two boys. It's sad times. We work hard as a team to bring up my grandsons, and it's a privilege. My brothers bringing up his daughter on his own and my sister met a good one he's a wonderfully supportive husband/ father. The whole systems gone wrong. We do the best with what we have.

[@tropicaoptica]

@@bexp748 hope your brother brings up his daughter to have high standards and only have babies with good men who take pride in FULLY providing for his family, including his wife, and the boys in your family are raised to be just that. My boys will be.

[@andree824]

"Do you want to see some more?" he asks. You bet! I could watch these all day. What fun : )

[@watchfulone9717]

My dad was born in 1947 and my mom in 48. My grandma(dad's mom)was alot like this in the kitchen. Always baking delcious things, canning, sewing, croqueting, gardening. This was her happy place, being a housewife, besides being a liscenced practical nurse at working at tge local hospital. When she retired us grandkids got to see her enjoy her at home doing these things and spoiling us grandkids. She was so house proud! I miss so much about her. She taught me so many things. Over 20 years without her and i can still smell her home, pinesol from freshly mopped floors cigarettes on the front porch when she took a break from her household chores, rolls baking in the oven, downy in the washer, all the while days of our lives and general hospital played on the daytime tv. Never will there be another woman like her. I couldnt even be half of tge woman she was. She was apart of the greatest generation and tge world now sadly shows that that generation is mournfully gone...

[@yannamk3504]

😢😢😢😢😢😢❤

[@davidallisonisaac]

I’m a a 40 year old old school homemaker and love that my daughter sees and absorbs all the homemaking knowledge I’ve learned over my years. I know how to grow all my food, raise my meat, preserve my food, bake and cook, and sew. These are life lessons that kids don’t learn anymore and it’s sad to me.

[@watchfulone9717]

@@davidallisonisaac thats awesome you can pass it along to her. My grandparents originally had a farm and livestock in minnesota back in the 1940s and this was their way of life.

[@VePolikarpova]

Так отрадно осознавать, что у всех людей на земле есть много общего. Я также наслаждалась общением со своей бабушкой, которая увлекалась теми же вещами, что и ваша - и я также провела детство в великолепном доме, саду, была окружена любящими людьми. Это было так давно - в СССР...

[@kateyanjames9040]

说得太好了😢 我也有差不多的经历，很想念我的奶奶..

[@kyolym]

Who would not want to have some of these retro 40s kitchens even today..

[@MiserysFence]

I know, right? All of these kitchens are really darling!

[@mikemiller8975]

Love that kitchen even today .even my kitchen doesn't have a soup well love stove and fridge

[@rhondareese3908]

I would want one. I love them and the appliances too.

[@DMTHOTH]

old machines are energy inefficient and also it's hard to clean.

[@rhondareese3908]

@@DMTHOTH maybe but they last longer than today's appliances.

[@benjaminevans5867]

wow!!! a dishwasher back in the early 1940s. Also, my late grandmother was around 10 years old at the time. she told me stories of no electricity, no running water, n walking to school during this time. a lot of people back then didn't have those things. what they did have was love for each other

[@stellaa302]

and respect i'm sure, nothing like today😢

[@benjaminevans5867]

absolutely...her mom died when my grandmother was 9, so times were rough for sure.

[@batheandrelaxinmyshit6344]

Love = sex

[@YT4Me57]

My mom was 10 in 1940 too. Her family had electricity, but not all the modern conveniences shown in this commercial. No dishwasher, probably still used an ice-box, and the sink was an old-fashioned farm sink. Grandma churned out meals for my grandfather and their 5 daughters, three times a day, seven days a week until the girls all married and established their own homes.

[@bogieboog]

Yes my mother grew up on a farmhouse no dishwasher, no disposal, just a bucket under the sink to throw the food waste. My grandmother’s specialty was homemade chocolate cakes, she baked them for sale to order and my grandfather delivered them to customers in his old Chrysler all from that old fashioned kitchen! I still remember coming to visit and being starry eyed at the sight of racks and racks of cakes sitting out on the kitchen counter all ready to be frosted!

[@cw2702]

I want to see vintage cooking shows. Everything was so beautiful and artistic.

[@The_UnderstoodOne]

Than watch the old housewife guides for cooking

[@valfletcher9285]

The first and only cooking show was Julia Child in the sixties! :)

[@forgottenpalace4472]

Go find some, then. Lol

[@lianalonge1984]

Betcha the appliances will outrun our current ones. I just got rid of my 1983 GE fridge last year. It was still running well.

[@juanitalewis6504]

I have a 1957 facett double oven just love it still going strong

[@mossie_witch8220]

fr, that's what this late stage capitalist hellscape does, idk if you know what it's called but its planned obscelesece (i dont think i spelled that right but its fine), basically manufacturers make it so that their products will die after a while so they can sell you something new and you have no choice but to get it because wtf else are you gonna do?

[@thegrumpyhorticulturist]

I have conspiracy theory about why all the greatest dystopian movies, games and illustrations always feature post world war 2 era aesthetic... Because only those will ever endure.

[@antipodeanvagabond]

We had a VCR from 1981 that ran perfectly well righ up til sold in 2006 :)

[@diggerpete9334]

Liana so why throw it?

[@sirgeoh]

His voice is so soothing and gives me assurance that my life will be wonderful with this kitchen

[@jameswillett7186]

Those must have been VERY prosperous farmers to have such a high tech kitchen in 1941.

[@scotnick59]

You said it!

[@dawnelder9046]

Most still had out houses.

[@StephBer1]

That's what I thought. That one pan of cream ready to be delivered sure must be worth more than gold.😂

[@user-en3gl9bz8r]

Unbelievable... this was 1941?!?!

[@onefinalfightt]

I was so surprised to see a dishwasher in 1941!! To this day, I have still never had a home with a dishwasher in it!

[@forgottenpalace4472]

Lol

[@thesavagechef]

A well in the cooktop! So much better than a space-hogging crock pot.

[@russ5024]

Some entire meals could be cooked using just the Well only for a family of four. That is energy savings!

[@patricianelson1987]

My mom had stove with one of those cooker pots she used it for her pot holders.

[@cm79230]

Kenneth Sloan the cooking element is at the base and the entire pot pulls out to wash in sink.

[@deedebdoo]

There are a lot of good ideas that have been lost. For instance, the old refrigerators often had foot petals to open the doors.

[@carolynhowell9768]

@@deedebdoo I remember knowing someone who had a frig with foot pedal.

[@trina7274]

I just LOVE these old shows.... so so fun!! But I want the younger people in the audience to know that 95% or more of Americans couldn’t afford ANY of this stuff in 1941, it’s an advertisement, these were typically shown in movie theaters, before the movie..... (my mom was born in 1937 and I was 32 years later in ‘69, I’m 51) we were at War in 1941 ...unemployment was a horrible 15%..... practically EVERYONE was poor..... and if thery weren’t, they were about to be....also..... the vast majority of rural Americans didn’t even have electricity in 1941.... President Roosevelt passed an act in 1936 even, to help this in fact...my grandparents didn’t even own a TV until 1957 on their farm....they also cooked with a wood stove until the late 1950’s..... almost a full 20 years after this was made. They still used it to cook things during the winter months, clear up until 1989, when they moved off of the old homestead... To put it in perspective .... my now 83 year old mother, was 4 when this was made. Fun to watch, but not at all how the vast majority of Americans lived at the time! Blessings to all and happy New year!!! ❤️💕🙏🇺🇸🗽

[@onefinalfightt]

I appreciate this comment! I love watching these old advertisements/videos. I was born in the 90s. There’s a nostalgia to them and they certainly sell the feeling of life being simpler at this time. But as I watch them I always wonder, “did anyone actually live like this? How much of this is selling a dream?” Your comment gave me some perspective on those questions, and I appreciate that! Thank you.

[@skateforlife6258]

thank you for this comment!

[@pallabidutta968]

This seems like a luxury in 2020's. Let alone the 1940's.!!

[@talco881]

Yeah this was made for the suburban housewife, what we would today call higher middle class

[@cjb8010]

When this was made in 1941, the US was likely not yet at war, which came only very late in 1941. Postwar, the American home would begin to look like these kitchens, particularly given the housing construction boom made possible by benefits for veterans returning home from the fronts and mobilization.

[@sugarplum5824]

After slaving over an electric stove for 24 years, I'd never give up the gas stove I have now! It's the only way to cook; it's so much more efficient and you never have to wait for the eyes to heat up or cool down.

[@hildaovalle1455]

I agree, don’t know how they cook on those

[@RachelPenningtonHull]

So many homes today are built with an industrial look kitchen that’s “open concept.” I am so thankful for our 1926 house with an old fashioned kitchen and separate dining room. Love my “grandma house.”

[@greensorrel6860]

I agree, I would love a separate kitchen

[@zvezdoblyat]

Nothing says "I don't cook" like an open concept house. Why would you want cooking smells to go through the entire living area? And for some houses this includes the dining room, office, and sitting room. I love walls, and I love cooking!

[@danielmorse6597]

I love it. I have had modern and old kitchens just like these. Frankly, i like these old kitchens. Everything works and were durable.

[@nicolepala8617]

Take me back to this era!

[@michaelremillard2215]

Me too! And leave me there.

[@bobbert9353]

But make me rich like these folks. Heck, just make me rich.

[@forgottenpalace4472]

Lol. No!

[@talco881]

I like how we retain our youth and attractiveness because of these modern kitchens

[@cherylriera6325]

Those old kitchens were more functional than the new ones. I wish we could replicate old kitchens 😢

[@gianna5869]

This kitchen look better equipped then modern day. The pot under a burner was really cool. The giant cooker too. I even like the fridge and the way the dishwasher has its own hot water heater tucked under the sink. The hidden kitchen table ! We actually had a similar oven when I was a child in the 1970s.

[@OneAdam12Adam]

Today's dishwashers are very similar. The heating element is at the bottom of your dishwasher. When water fills the basin it's heated by the coil to the desired temperature or sanitized, etc.

[@AnonymousOneThree]

That first fridge is gigantic for that time, and I’m legit surprised they had paper towels already. Also, she needs a sharper knife. She mangled that cake 😂

[@TonyaManningCCTT22]

I love these old films!!! I want a retro kitchen much like my grandmom's!! She had metal cabinets and counters, a square extendable table with red chairs, checker floors...loved it...

[@ellenrichardson8701]

Sounds like it was beautiful!

[@Chrisss2112]

Unfortunately, the metal kitchens rust

[@codyor4483]

i have a friend who still has that stove. it was her grandmothers, and it works great. i don't know why they stopped that style. Its way cool to cook in the pot and the oven is huge i think there is 2, plus 4 burners and a counter.Its not all that big either. it would easily fit in todays kitchen.

[@StickytabZ]

These kitchens all look and seem to work great! I wished we updated the design to make then safer so we could still use them!

[@bqqq3617]

Неужели в тех годах 50-60 годах жили Американские семьи в таких цивилизованных условиях,полное изобилия,чистота ,элегантность,приятное манеры,воспитанные родители и дети счастливые.Я завидую.В моем детстве готовили на примусе ,опасные.

[@sirgeoh]

sadly fast convenient "food" has taken over and everyone rushes which is why people are so sick

[@seaofmadness2622]

This film is old.. My mom was 12 when it was made and im middle aged! Lol.. I love these shows though they get me motivated to clean and tidy up!

[@DawnStr8]

Do you think we are stupid? We know they are old. Hence, “retro”

[@DawnStr8]

When did roaches evolve? Leaving food out like that could be very troublesome today.

[@leonisserlis5978]

@@DawnStr8 When a comment is unrequired or wanted.

[@artdecotimes2942]

@@DawnStr8 retro is, if you read the correct booklet, the years "1975 to 2003" when it dispersed and faded into modern. As well the same time Transatlantic stopped being popular.

[@scorpionqueen7620]

@@leonisserlis5978 😂

[@anniekochera]

It is wonderful to see as they upgrade their kitchen, they are taking the cabinets off the walls and floors with great care, as if to reuse them to another house that could (like our Habitat for Humanity) and not smashing perfectly usable things and just tossing away as is seen on today's home improvement shows. People cared more back them for the value of what they were buying and what have/had, and what they were giving away.

[@margaretdevries8090]

mommie- -kins Habitat for Humanity sells most of the donations they get, good bargains! They want their homes to look nice and new... and a second hand bath or toilet just doesn’t do !

[@cornjobb]

that's because items like the ones you mentioned are made cheaply now - after removing them, they wouldn't be usable, nor would anyone want them. why do you think the other reality shows are centered around removing and reusing barn parts, brick and beams from way older structures?

[@tjlovesrachel]

Things back then were made better so they could be saved and repurposed

[@bethmerryfield7186]

I was fortunate to find the metal kitchen cabinets on the curb. They are now pressed into service for my art and craft supplies. Since they are magnetic, I made the fronts into bulletin boards and art display.

[@talco881]

Because the changes were for life, not just for a decade

[@DZ-nb2vp]

For all the ladies-the secret to remaining youthful & charming, simply upgrade your kitchen! 🤣

[@maintuning]

Don't forget your " usefulness". hahaha

[@Gimpinalong]

Dont fall for it mrs jones! Dont get rid of your hoosier or old farm sink!

[@Chrisss2112]

Great comment, people now a days love the farm sinks

[@donnabrown4349]

@@Chrisss2112 Farm house sinks are different today than the large sinks years ago.

[@BlackStorm555]

I want those mineature appliances to create my own replica of my dream kitchen! 😊 ☕

[@jb6712]

Dollhouse furnishings, easy to find online. And it's spelled M-I-N-I-A-T-U-R-E.

[@forgottenpalace4472]

​​@@jb6712Love your comment. People are dumb and dull.

[@cattuslavandula]

I love these designs. The efficient layouts, the storage options, the colors, and especially that utility closet in the farm kitchen. I'd take any one of these over the modern kitchens. I especially love that room for a table and chairs is included as well. I hate those big stupid kitchen islands that are in virtually every single house now.

[@staceyezell9685]

Omg the kitchen aide mixer hasnt changed a bit lol

[@tjlovesrachel]

Stacey Ezell no it hasn’t... no need to CHANGE what works... get it lolll

[@staceyezell9685]

tjlovesrachel yesssss i sooooo get it lol if it aint broke dont fix it😩😂😂

[@tjlovesrachel]

Stacey Ezell sorry loll had to do the obama joke

[@staceyezell9685]

tjlovesrachel Change ha ha i get it now lol im very👵 takes awhile 4me ..tbh i wish we cd CHANGE our current president orange😢😂😂😂

[@tjlovesrachel]

Stacey Ezell Loll glad you got it now... but it’s all good ... and I will kindly disagree with you about that ... while I’m not a supporter or fake tan and bad hair ... I am a supporter of certain things our president is trying to do ... I know we will disagree... but that’s the beauty of this country and it’s values ... that’s what I believe he’s trying to preserve ... not a one way point of view I believe others are trying to pitch

[@lookingforonetruechristian7396]

These kitchens were the center of everything for my aunt who made a full breakfast, lunch and dinner for 5 people everyday. The table would be filled at every meal. Amazing...

[@alex1999x]

This kitchen is so much better set up than the ones we have today.

[@deanarush9527]

I like that deep well cooker!

[@scotnick59]

Listen: a lot of us TODAY would love to have this gorgeous and functional kitchen!

[@catlady7773]

I would love to have a deep well cooker on my stovetop. They should've never stopped making those, it sure would save me the trouble of breaking out the crockpot or dirtying a ton of pots to make soups and chili. Everything has a comeback, maybe they will be utilized one of these days!

[@abjg6446]

I was thinking the same thing 😂

[@forgottenpalace4472]

Build one.

[@AngelaMastrodonato]

When the guy invited his boss to dinner (about 20 mins in) and the boss said “Jones, I would be delighted!”, I thought, are these the original “Joneses” everyone tried to keep up with? Lol

[@bethhansen8333]

I would love a deep well in a stove. Makes so much sense

[@kyolym]

Or It could've just been how they had the first three kids LOL

[@CrimeCrochet]

This is why I bought a house and remodeled it in all original 1940s decor from my stove and refrigerator to my washing machine! I love it!!! Everything is vintage and everything works so much better than the modern things I had plus it’s unique and I love having a house that’s different than everyone else!

[@cindyglass5827]

I wish they would bring back the "deep well cooker" - I had never seen that until this video ... : )

[@jb6712]

Until it breaks down, and the entire stove is out of commission while that part of it is being repaired.

[@cindyglass5827]

Hi @@jb6712 ... Oh, interesting ! : ) I didn't know that ...that would be a bummer : ( ... I am (possibly) younger than you & have never seen one of these so thank-you sharing that info - makes sense! Good to know ~ ! Happy Easter ! Cindy : )

[@tingokuman]

"How women love to cook in a modern electric kitchen. It's play rather than work" he says. 🤣😂😂. I like how the boss at the end putting out his cigarettes at the table.

[@RagDollCookie]

These kitchens are all so much better than mine in 2021, and even better than the kitchens of most of my more wealthy clients. What the hell happened.

[@lunalovegoodfan007]

I was looking at the vintage Fiesta ware dishes she was putting in the dishwasher. Wow! Bet they would be a fortune today.

[@thevintagekitty]

Such charming kitchens! I can't believe how much that mixer at the beginning looks exactly like the new kitchen aid mixers.

[@staceyezell9685]

Vintage Kitty thats because it is they were made in 1919 and had a k on them ( by whirlpool) my mom tld me lol shes a collector

[@sharonh2991]

That mixer was the first thing I noticed too. It looks just like my white Kitchenaid.

[@karolinesmail489]

Sharon H I have one too found it at an estate sale for only 100bucks great buy all the attachment too love it..

[@Lo-ed4fq]

Its because the 50s are back in style.The mixer,stove,refrigerator,sink and so on!I always like vintage design but oh my its very expensive where i came from😩

[@winthrop2005]

The “Kitchen Aid” has not changed in design for decades. I’ve had mine for over 20 years and looks like the one in the video.

[@annjones3672]

Well, that must be why I look so old and tired - I don't have one of these lovely kitchens! Dishwashers in the 40's! And stainless steel lined no less! Paper towels! I have a very limited and incorrect view of 40's kitchens.

[@hmahanes]

This was not your average modern kitchen at the time. At all. This is like "Architectural Digest" level for the 40's. Even still, it's light years ahead of what was happening in Europe at the same time. Keep in mind, this was also pre-war...look a few years into the future, and the picture isn't so rosy.

[@juanitahuisentruit1989]

Wealthy homes had alot of nice thinks but most of America could not afford them

[@artdecotimes2942]

@@hmahanes By jove I didn't realize the I hate the 20th century villain waltz on through to share their pathetic and uneducated opinion. People chose their kitchen whatever way they damn near wanted, this isn't a dress code princess although if it was you had ought to wear a pink flowing gown with special roses on it for such a special, hurt, human being.

[@er1073]

One of my aunts had one of those deep well burners soups turned out pretty good stick ladle in and help yourself. Some of the old things that people would make fun of were practical back in the day.

[@AnonymousOneThree]

I’m having a hard time seeing the point. Why is the well better than just having a pot on the burner?

[@Me-wk3ix]

I would love one of these 40s kitchens, they're much nicer than mine! I really like the farm one.

[@victoracunamendez7525]

Regálame un beso, y_te regalo Rosas Rojas.

[@larkatmic]

One thing that stood out most was the scale of the furnishings. Even the refrigerators were modest in size. We were a much smaller and thinner lot back in those days. Not a fatty, tattooed, fast food junkies we have become.

[@forgottenpalace4472]

I'm sure that you're over weight.

[@abigaildwayne1044]

Imagine working in the kitchen all day while wearing heals. These women are classy! ❤️

[@sueclark5763]

Believe it or not, you actually did get used to it! When I was young, I worked and wore heels all day, cooked dinner, cleaned up and did the general straightening, maybe then I'd take them off, but generally not until bed time. Never really noticed them that much. May have been that most shoes were real leather and not as hard on the feet as the synthetic stuff?? Just a guess.

[@valeriestevens5250]

Or crazy. 😁

[@zvezdoblyat]

Heels were made differently back then. In the 1920s they had a gorgeous and ridiculously curved heel. I love them. But I'm the 40s and 50s the heel was less dramatic. The heel placement made it so that the weight of the body was evenly distributed while wearing them. Modern heels have the user's weight completely at the ball of the foot which is painful and uncomfortable long term.

[@BankruptMonkey]

I love that kitchen hutch with table! How neat for an apartment.

[@virginiasoskin9082]

Teeny weeny freeze compartment in the fridge --just enough room for two ice cube trays and a box of popsicles. I remember that deep well on some stoves. Boil corn in it very easily. I remember my Grandmother's retro kitchen. It had linoleum on the floor. The cabinets were white enameled metal, easy to wipe clean. Her kitchen table was the same enamel dinette with cushioned vinyl chairs. No dishwasher, but a nice big range with oven. Sink at window, nice to look out of when washing dishes. Fridge was inserted into a big dent in the wall so it was flush with the wall. And there was an odd waist high built in cube in one corner on which they placed a radio, snacks, cookies, and other wrapped food and fresh fruit. This disguised the ceiling of the stairway into the basement. I thought that was very odd. Her washer and dryer was on an enclosed porch to the rear of the kitchen. This got cold in winter. I often think how I would have winterized that porch, broken down the wall between it and the kitchen to make the kitchen larger and so on. It was an arts and crafts bungalow no less. MARVELOUS house with deep wrap around porch delightful to sit on in summer. It still exists but has been refurbished and added on to on the back of the house. My memories are so vivid of that house because I knew it until the early 1970s when I was 20. I am now 69 so I can still remember it very well.

[@kesmarn]

"Spend now! Don't wait to experience the supreme joy of living." Debt will make you happy! They knew how to sell that story. And yes -- putting the refrigerator right next to the back door guarantees that every time anyone goes out or comes in, the door will bang into the fridge, damaging both.

[@mshockey73]

Very true....on both of your points:)

[@valeriestevens5250]

I was thinking the same thing about the same things. Debt is to be avoided as much as possible and having the fridge near the door? In my head I was screaming, "NO, NO, NO!!!!!!" Very bad placement in my book.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@valeriestevens5250 I was thinking how dangerous it would be to have the hot stove right next to kids coming and going through that house door too. It was better the way the lady first put the toy stove in the mini-model, before the narrator corrected her by saying that it wasn’t what they planned lol. Better to have had the stove entirely against the wall, and forget the built in breakfast nook. Just put a loose table with chairs in instead. But then again, who has a house door that opens right into the home’s kitchen?! I’ve never seen that before in my life, and it is just too weird for words.

[@valeriestevens5250]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 My sister has a side door that opens into the kitchen. It's actually very handy since the trash bins can be placed close by. And the fridge was right by the door the way this video had it. My sister moved it because the fridge door opened in front of the back door and was constantly in the way.

[@astral16]

Those kids didn’t drop a single sticky crumb of their jelly roll.

[@jb6712]

Nor did they say "thank you." I found that rather odd, given the huge emphasis placed on good and proper manners in that era (which was when I was a child myself).

[@forgottenpalace4472]

Jam roll

[@MegaLivingIt]

Bring back that deep well cooker on the back stove burner. The recessed burner holds a big pot of boiling water etc., for spaghetti (like the one that dumped over on my stove and leg and gave me bad burns). So it's not safe to have pots teetering on regular flat burners. Don't know why they eliminated that safety feature

[@jb6712]

Most of us are quite careful not to let pots "teeter" on regular flat burners.... just saying.

[@charliec2622]

Aww high heels and a dress to cook in Mrs jones😂

[@logarithmic7]

I'll admit it, i cried a little when they pulled out that hoosier cabinet and wood stove. Love both of these era's of kitchens!

[@forgottenpalace4472]

Lol

[@EveyPeasyStickers]

A 5 hour dinner with your boss? Awwww helll nahhhh lol 😂

[@MiserysFence]

I freakin' love the coffee maker at 13:20.

[@cynthiawalker7888]

You can find them anywhere I think. They are called percolators.

[@MiserysFence]

@@cynthiawalker7888 It's a gravity percolator...I think they still make them, but not quite like this one. I do prefer percolated coffee to drip. :)

[@forgottenpalace4472]

They still make them.

[@xxking-beastxxyt9001]

I'm impressed with all the kitchens having a dishwasher. Top loaders and the modern type front loader. One of the best inventions for the kitchen ever!

[@athenathegreatandpowerful6365]

One word- roaches. Major explosion of them in the mid 70s when ddt stopped working.

[@valeriestevens5250]

I was amazed that it was actually built-in. We had a dishwasher back in the 60s. It was stored in a niche under the counter, but you had to roll it out to load from the top then hook up the hoses to the kitchen faucet. Still, we were one of the few families that had a dishwasher. Most people washed by hand.

[@alangray9117]

​@@valeriestevens5250I remember those. They were called portable dishwashers. You hooked it up to the faucet in the sink. My stepmom had one back in the 70s. I couldn't really use a dishwasher because it's just me at home and I do my dishes as I go.

[@patrickdurham8393]

I just watched a similar video from the national archives touting the new u-shaped kitchen and that one also had better appliances than we had in our kitchen when I was growing up in the sixties. I'm 58 now and finally got my first KitchenAid mixer. We were poor but not so poor we couldn't afford a hand mixer and a decent refrigerator and freezer but most of the stuff in these videos were still dreams to us.

[@vitalyaloves]

"it happened in the kitchen" sounds like a horror movie

[@vitalyaloves]

@@Afrocreolebombshell ?? woman why do you ask

[@donnabrown4349]

Like a game of CLUE.

[@malyshel]

🤣🤣

[@vitalyaloves]

@QuadRaSphere Records and Radio um what

[@pilotswife06]

My white kitchen aid mixer looks exactly like that! How fun ❤️❤️

[@markf2720]

3:04 there is something about the sight of a freshly baked loaf

[@ArmandoDy]

That deep well soup stove needs to come back. Ahh those jelly rolls look great. This is back when flour was healthy and not GMO glyphosate ready. Einkorn wheat would not raise blood sugar like modern flour. When time travel becomes available to the public, I'm going back there for groceries. 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@_historical_fashion_7567]

I wish I had that much storage space

[@TheSpaLife69]

I love the narrative “youth lingers longer when everything is electric.” Classic.

[@buffybrown1619]

My grandma had a deep-well stove. It was tremendously helpful and I wish we could have something like it without having to buy multiple appliances.

[@deannastevens1217]

I Love that Apron in the white and blue space saver kitchen. I Love the Farm Kitchen and the way the table pops up in the second one. and.. These Days... Those USED remodelled Kitchen parts would go for as much as they installed the new kitchen for. LOVE THAT HOOSIER!

[@imame1433]

So, they put cut up hotdogs and olives on toothpicks and stuck them into an orange, and I'm the only one saying "THAT'S WHAT I'M SERVING AT THANKSGIVING!!!"

[@Chrisss2112]

I was just inspired to cook a lamb and surrounding it with halved pears filled with mint jelly. My husband would love eating this, me, not so much as I don’t eat lamb.

[@danielkim7841]

As long as it is edible, and you can stick it on a toothpick and anchor it on an orange, the sky is the limit! You can do artichokes, baby bell cheeses, mini snickers, sushi....list goes on and on

[@sunniertimer598]

lol

[@forgottenpalace4472]

​@@Chrisss2112Eat lamb.

[@aminakishk6571]

Mom !!! She baked like a dream....everything and angle food cake !!!

[@forgottenpalace4472]

Angel food cake?

[@cjohnson4342]

I grew up with a 40s electric stove with a well like that. I miss it. As they were casting off their sink, drying rack and wash basin I was thinking I would kill for those! Just wash your dishes and place them on the side of the sink that drains. New isn't always better

[@sherriturner554]

The built on drain wracks got rusty and discolored quick and if you didn't want to live with that, you would have to replace the entire sink and cabinet. Additionally, the dishes would roll off of the built in drain portion of the cabinet into the sink and you would have a big crash.

[@teresahunt5521]

I live in a 1926 apartment building. Everything is original except the stove, fridge, toilet and bathroom vanity. I love it.

[@MsMaryLS]

Everything back then was made to last - and so many handy details that we don't have now. I have a Sunbeam toaster from the 1940s or '50s and it's the best toaster I've ever had!

[@christinebotsford1315]

I would love to have a stove/oven combo like these! Love the deep well slow cooking feature built right in. Why don’t we still have those?

[@Abluemoon9112]

Haha because you are losing a burner and your oven would be smaller. Or you have to have a much larger oven. You can see the oven is not center because of the deep well.

[@brandielambright460]

I was watching a different older film made by, Westinghouse Electric Company. With a twist and pull the deep well cooker actually became another burner.

[@janelbuckley8332]

I love the deep well cooker and pullout board. My parents had a pullout, but more at cabinet level. We used it for baking and meal prep. That table is so cool and that flour storage with built in sifter.

[@relax2dream164]

Did anybody else call the pull out a bread board. That’s what we called it at my house.

[@VinnieLaRocksta]

Pullout game on point

[@trentspence5799]

"Women retain their youth, charm, and attractiveness when they have kitchens such as these."

[@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669]

Love this kitchen and all of its features and gadgets. Seems so sensible, productive and organized.

[@valeriestevens5250]

I agree. Most kitchens these days focus on being big without being organized. It makes it hard to do anything in them.

[@lindaeasley4336]

1941 Kitchen is like watching my grandma and my mom and her little brother They were all about the same age in 1941 as these characters

[@MerleOberon]

Watching this made me remember to start my electric dishwasher.

[@kck9742]

Really enjoyed this! That said, who invites the big boss over for dinner and serves it in the breakfast nook? If I were having people over for a nice dinner, it would be served in the dining room! I suppose the idea was that this was a GE add for kitchens...

[@cruncherblock3834]

🤣

[@StickytabZ]

I don't even have this kitchen but... why ... like it's not a small group of kids or just some family it's the boss!

[@cherryedwards3]

So much fun to watch... but most people never had a kitchen like this.

[@Tysto]

This is amazing. It seems so normal today, but my grandmother in the 1970s only had a couple of modest cabinets in her kitchen, together with a refrigerator and a deep freezer and a 1900s wood stove in addition to the "modern" gas stove.

[@kellycarlson5849]

the 70s ?

[@lightmarker3146]

The vacuum coffee pot made the best coffee and was a blast to watch as it brewed !

[@livinglife8333]

Heck I’d love to have the one of those kitchens now.

[@inesolujic2534]

Is that a stand mixer?! 😯😯😯 Wow. That looks just like my modern KitchenAid, which is expensive even today. I can only imagine how much this kitchen would have cost back then! Very upper class kitchen, no doubt.

[@ddkoda]

An all color promotional film from 1941. Not too common for the time. Color retention is still good considering the passage of time. Very nice Art Deco influenced appliance design with beautiful streamlined curves. Neat built in flour sifter. A dish washer in 1941! Who knew?

[@Patrick3183]

Dishwashers were readily available to those who could afford one by 1930.

[@ericamanda01]

"It's play rather than work." LMAO!!!!!

[@bluefaery1865]

That fancy coffee pot!!

[@DawnStr8]

I have NEVER heard anyone end a letter with,” As ever”.

[@JoelleGrace]

It used to be extremely common! People used to have several different ways to end letters in similar ways! I love it!🥰

[@jarhettleblanc7020]

My grandmother was 7 years old when this was filmed and she's been gone for 2 years now. Crazy to put in perspective that these young folks have lived their lives, and are both likely passed on, as those who remembered them

[@smokeynewton]

Wow. What a gorgeous kitchen.

[@AuntBecky1]

I yell at my husband at least once a week to use a plate and she hands cake to two kids with jam on it!! Savages!!

[@omanicc9854]

Those are some beautiful houses

[@MrNpkellogg]

gone are the days when people were family oriented.

[@jb6712]

Not so, or at least, not so with the people I'm around most of the time.

[@spottheborgcat6523]

The past generation was innovative and clever. So many wonderful appliances. I love the 'well' in the cook stove!