Comments on: 40s kitchen – a sweet, patriotic 1946 kitchen to welcome dad home

By: Krista

Krista — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:28:14 +0000

Josh, I am getting ready to renovate my kitchen. I have the exact sink from the picture above that I’m looking to sell. It is in excellent shape but would need a new faucet. Double bowl, 2 sideboards, porcelain over cast iron. Not entirely sure the make. Also has a metal cabinet that it sits on with lots of storage.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:49:57 +0000

I’m so excited that our kitchen sink looks exactly like that advertisement!! I guess it’s just odd to see something from a 1946 ad in our very own house. Unfortunately though, our kitchen is NOT that big and we do not have room for it…. we’re doing a kitchen remodel. We’re looking to donate it to our historic warehouse, however does anyone know what’s a fair market value??? Thank you so much in advance!!!

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[...] clear colors that are very much of the era…the cabinets, still simple and white… And as we’ve discussed before, notice the not-all-that-subtle use of patriotic red-white-blue color scheme. In this case accented [...]

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By: Ronn

Ronn — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:58:45 +0000

Sumac Sue,

I’m no doubt older than you, but most of my thoughts about these issues come from my training in Art & Design, and my love of History, with an especially deep interest in the World War II years. I wish my Father were still alive so I could thank him. ALL of us are free because of THAT generation. That era was not one of vague ideologies and gray zones to be debated into stalemates and boredom. What THEY did had to be done, and I’m grateful every day. Sixty+ years later and we continue to live this life because of THEM.

Ronn.

By: Sumac Sue

Sumac Sue — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:19:46 +0000

Thanks, Ronn, for your additional words to describe the illustration. I don’t know if I would have gotten the deeper message, sorry to admit, so I am glad you added it.

By: maddy123

maddy123 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:09:33 +0000

Adorable! (The kitchen AND the illustration…)

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:01:21 +0000

I’m in love with that sink. Do they still make any like that?

By: Ronn Ives/FUTURES Antiques

Ronn Ives/FUTURES Antiques — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:23:19 +0000

Hi,

The subtext of this illustration, which EVERYONE at the time would have understood, is that Dad survived World War II. He is Home, and Healthy. The Family is Reunited, and Free. Traditions have been protected, the Future is bright.

Powerful stuff.
Ronn Ives/FUTURES Antiques