The Making of Modern Michigan - "Digitizing Michigan's Hidden Past"

Title

South wall of kitchen, photograph

Creator

Young, Harry A., photographer

Institution

Western Michigan University

Subject

Kitchens

Subject

Food--Storage

Subject

Crane, Caroline Bartlett, 1858-1935

Item Number

LA03a014

Relation

Part of Caroline Bartlett Crane "Everyman's House" Collection

Type

collection, image

Format

jpeg

Description

Photograph taken at "Everyman's House" located at 2026 S. Westnedge, Kalamazoo, MI, winner of the Better Homes in America 1924 Model Home contest, designed by Caroline Bartlett Crane. Interior of kitchen, includes table, countertop, cupboards, ice box in attached room, hanging kitchen towel, and variety of household products in built-in cabinet, including Fairbank's Gold Dust Washing Powder, Lux, Foulds' Macaroni, Lipton Tea, Church & Co's Baking Soda, Royal Baking Powder, Dromedary Golden Dates, Minute Tapioca, and canisters for mustard, nutmeg, pepper, and ginger. Includes attached note, "South Wall of Kitchen", imprint from photographer's studio, Young Studio Kalamazoo, and imprint from C.B. Crane, Mrs. Bartlett Crane, Kalamazoo, Michigan. (Photographic print)

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