Isn't this the most irresistible 1950s image? 1950s Mom is showing us the apple pie she has made with the help of her Androck Sifter! And Sonny can hardly wait to get a taste. Love the red and white check linoleum floor, the yellow formica counter, and the coolest kitchen decor ever! There is also a decorative matchbox holder and dispenser next to the sifter, to light the pilot light on your new gas stove!
Decals! I remember them so well, specially the teddy-bear decal that Mom put on the back of my wooden highchair! Do you remember decals? These lovely California Poppies bring color, life, and a hint of the garden into the kitchen. The plastic handles are a neat touch, but inhibit being able to stack the canisters!
Bakelite Bakelite, I love Bakelite. I have been in love with it since becoming acquainted with Grandma Edith's old red Bakelite set in the kitchen at the Bitner Ranch in Park City, Utah. I would put a teaspoon of Postum into an old mug with that cute little spoon and stir in the Sego Evaporated Milk and two or three teaspoons of sugar. Yum! Then I would sit on a chair next to the warm wood-burning stove and watch the traffic speed by on Highway 80. The ceramic jar holding the utensils in the photo above is a Tulips
grease drippings jar, part of the ever-present "
Range Set" found on shelf above the stove, or on the stove counter. There would be the Salt, Pepper, Flour, and Sugar shakers as well. Moms and Grandmas did a lot of seasoning and tasting at the stove. The little leafy green and yellow ceramic is a Measuring Spoon Holder, with 4 slots for the
Tablespoon, Teaspoon, and 1/2 and 1/4 Teaspoons. Every kitchen had one!
The heavy glass jar holding utensils below is called a
Spooner. You can see the Tulip salt shaker that matches the grease drippings jar above. The red poppy canisters were made to be "go-alongs" with the Hall Red Poppy Dinnerware Sets. You will glean a ton of expertise on Hall's Red Poppy by reading this link from Country Home Magazine:
Don't you just love the world wide web? You can find information on anything and everything!
Evenflo glass baby nursing bottles with plastic caps and rubber nipples withstood the boiling and sanitizing methods of our mothers' and grandmothers' day. Plastic didn't break, but could get that "greasy" feel.
Sweetly nostalgic baby buggy with wild wicker body and hard-riding wheels for the Victorian tot.
Do you remember the "Baby-Tenda" with the drop down seat which could be fold to make a flat tabletop?
Tin tray insert was handy for the wooden high chair of yore.
When I was a toddler, I was plopped into this high chair which is still in service at the Ranch. 
A porta-crib was indeed a smaller version of the nursery crib, but could be folded down for travel, and was the size that could squeeze through an average door for portability.
A "modern" buggy with cloth body and protective hood.
