New technology calls for new recipes. In this 1922 advertisement, the reader is reminded any recipe, old or new, can be prepared on an electric range just as easily as on a gas stove. An electric waffle iron is also featured. Many home cooks used wood or coal-fired cooking stoves until after World War II because gas or electric was not available in their community.
Advertisement for Westinghouse Electric Range in The Shorewood Cook Book by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Luther Memorial Chapel, (Shorewood, Wisconsin, 1922), 54. (Courtesy of Library of Congress and Internet Archive)
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This is a very interesting image to use in the classroom because you can talk to your students about how the advances in technology also changed cooking in our own homes. This is a topic that students may not necessarily relate back to technology, because it is talking about food. Therefore, this would be a very interesting and exciting thing to talk about within the classroom to describe when and how cooking changed and was made easier because of advances in technology.
This image could be used to teach how technology has evolved over time. The primary source image of an advertisement for an electric range and an electric waffle makes a great comparison to ready-to-eat microwave food today. This image is perfect source to teach how technology has evolved and will always continue to evolve.
This primary source image of the electric range advertisement is perfect to show 4th-grade students the difference in the new technology in 1922 compared to the new tech of today.