http://retrorenovation.com/2009/08/31/the-kitchen-of-matthew-a-henson-first-known-man-to-reach-the-north-pole/ A place for your postwar 40s 50s 60s and 70s style kitchens, bathrooms and mid century modern home aesthetic. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:05:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://retrorenovation.com/2009/08/31/the-kitchen-of-matthew-a-henson-first-known-man-to-reach-the-north-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-40391 nina462 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:31:51 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=16327#comment-40391 SMall and neat! SMall and neat!

]]> http://retrorenovation.com/2009/08/31/the-kitchen-of-matthew-a-henson-first-known-man-to-reach-the-north-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-40360 Tikimama Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:36:30 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=16327#comment-40360 I *think* that might be my Corningware pattern - cornflower blue! Such a tiny, cozy kitchen. I *think* that might be my Corningware pattern – cornflower blue! Such a tiny, cozy kitchen.

]]> http://retrorenovation.com/2009/08/31/the-kitchen-of-matthew-a-henson-first-known-man-to-reach-the-north-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-40357 pam kueber Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:00:23 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=16327#comment-40357 Thank you, Eucritta, for the correction and for the additional detail on Lucy! Thank you, Eucritta, for the correction and for the additional detail on Lucy!

]]> http://retrorenovation.com/2009/08/31/the-kitchen-of-matthew-a-henson-first-known-man-to-reach-the-north-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-40356 tera Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:44:58 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=16327#comment-40356 Love the Corningware Love the Corningware

]]> http://retrorenovation.com/2009/08/31/the-kitchen-of-matthew-a-henson-first-known-man-to-reach-the-north-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-40355 Eucritta Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:04:21 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=16327#comment-40355 That's Robert E. Peary :-). And Henson's wife, Lucy, lived there as well - she died in 1968. Which may explain many touches that strike me as more 60s than 50s - the wallpaper, the wood-grain formica table, what I think is a big floral pattern vinyl on the chair, and that clunky can-opener on the shelf. (I had one of those can-openers, so I speak from experience - and they *were* clunky.) That’s Robert E. Peary . And Henson’s wife, Lucy, lived there as well – she died in 1968. Which may explain many touches that strike me as more 60s than 50s – the wallpaper, the wood-grain formica table, what I think is a big floral pattern vinyl on the chair, and that clunky can-opener on the shelf. (I had one of those can-openers, so I speak from experience – and they *were* clunky.)

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