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Museums 301: Electric ranges and refrigerators (photo diary) [1]

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Date: 2023-07-16

The first electric stoves appeared in 1890 and were rather unpredictable in the way they cooked food. In his book Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things, Charles Panati describes it this way:

“With only the crudest of thermostats, heat control was not so much a matter of low, medium, or high as of raw or incinerated.”

Modern electric ranges did not really start to be feasible until the 1920s when electric rates became more affordable, and more houses became wired for electricity which made mass production of electric ranges more profitable.

While the refrigeration machine was first invented in 1805, it wasn’t until the 1920s that household refrigerators became common. As with the electric range, the spread of electrified households made this appliance economically feasible.

Many museum exhibits include examples of the early electric ranges and refrigerators.

WAAAM West, Vancouver, Washington

Note: this is actually a car museum.

Ohio History Center, Columbus, Ohio

Lustron House, Ohio History Center, Columbus, Ohio

Carillon Historical Park, Dayton, Ohio

Stevensville Historical Museum, Stevensville, Montana

Polson Museum, Hoquiam, Washington

East Benton County Museum, Kennewick, Washington

Sherman County Historical Museum, Moro, Oregon

Miracle of America Museum, Polson, Montana

Paugh Regional History Hall in the Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana

Renton History Museum, Renton, Washington

Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, Tillamook, Oregon

More museum exhibits

Museums 201/301/401 compares similar exhibits from several museums.

Museums 301: Washing machines (photo diary)

Museums 201: Quilts (photo diary)

Museums 201: Antique farming equipment (photo diary)

Museums 201: Cash Registers (photo diary)

Museums 201: Women's sidesaddles (photo diary)

Museums 201: Upright pianos (photo diary)

Museums 201: Locomotives (photo diary)

Museums 401: Schools (photo diary)

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