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Big set of GE metal kitchen cabinets in St. Louis

by pam kueber on October 30, 2008

Reader Chris spotted this yummy set of aquamarine GE metal kitchen cabinets in St. Louis. Thanks, Chris! If anyone’s interested the email address is: sale-897416998@craigslist.org

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Its pink kitchens #11-20 today, as we continue to look at how the iconic color of the 50’s — “Mamie Pink” — was translated into everyday, middle-class, mid-century homes.

11. This 1959 GE pink+white+copper/brown kitchen is really quite snazzy, I like it a lot!:

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12. This one is another take on the ‘49 American-Standard kitchen we saw yesterday, but ready for Thanksgiving. Sweet:

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13. A classic St. Charles kitchen with some terrific design elements — another one of my all-time favorites. I used this photo for a “Flashback Design” feature last year, oops, I can’t find the un-numbered image:

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14. Republic Kitchens marketed their “Prelude Pink” pretty heavily, circa 1956. A gray palette certainly gives pink a dash of elegance, don’t you think?:

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15. A 1957 GE pink kitchen. Awesome refrigerator, and note the wallpapered backsplash. If you’re going to have a pink kitchen, people, you might as well go for it the gusto!:

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16. A 1957 ad for a Tappan stove is set with pink Republic steel cabinets. Great looking backsplash here, too:

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17. Another 1959 GE pink kitchen — in fact, I just noticed that this is another angle on kitchen #11, although these images were in separate places.  Great fridge+fridge combo. Note how nice this soft pink looks with the orange and yellow curtains. And see the wood-grained countertops. My goodness, pink is SO versatile!

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18. A teensy illustration from Curtis Kitchens. A wood cabinet company. Painted pink was de rigeur, too:

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19. Not sure who made these. Pink with erin green….Hmmmm, this I’m not liking so much, and you know I rarely say that…:

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20. I believe that this is 1957, not sure of the maker. They certainly went for pink on pink on pink — Mamie would have approved. The wallpapered ceiling is growing on me — it certainly makes a big statement. And why the heck not!:

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This week it’s pink postwar kitchens of every style – from the 40s through to the 60s. Be sure to check in every day, today through Saturday for a festival of Mamie pink!

To start – let’s head right to 1957, the absolute pinnacle year for pink pink pink!

#1: 1957 GE pink kitchen and look at that all-new Refrigeration Center!:

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#2, a 1955 Crane kitchen in Blossom Pink:

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#3, a 1953 pink Formica kitchen (which we have analyzed before):

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#4, 1956 Westinghouse appliances including the cool wall refrigeration unit — with a pink kitchen:

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#5, a 1949 American-Standard kitchen — cabinets that foreshadow the frenzy to come:

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#6, very pixelated, but I wanted to show this early pink St. Charles kitchen as well:

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#7, a few years later now in the heart of the Mamie years, a 1955 St. Charles pink kitchen:

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#8, yes, I’ve been dreaming of a 1956 Westinghouse pink kitchen:

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#9, an early- to mid-50s Geneva Blossom Pink kitchen with the classic accent color, red:

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And number 10 for today: This gorgeous 1958 GE pink kitchen, which incorporates wood and 60s groove:

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