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August 22, 1945
The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Promotional piece encouraging planning of post-war 'dream' kitchens with standardized, coordinated gas appliances from multiple manufacturers, using butane or propane, for streamlined, efficient home designs.
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I wonder if you realize that right now you can plan your new home you're planning to build "dream" kitchen for the beautiful or remodel after peace is won and restrictions are lifted? It's going to be lots of fun for you and the plus the ingenuity of architects of different manufacturers, all-gas coordinated kitchen, the result of cooperation between a num- knowing that the post-war trend toward the wide, open spaces is taken into consideration, too. And among the cooperating firms are those making ranges, refrigerators, water heaters and room heaters to use butane or propane the "off- the-city-gas-main gases. Some- gases, they are now used in more times known as "tank" or "bottled" than 2,000,000 homes for cooking, refrigeration, water and room heating!
You know how important the right size of your kitchen unit is!
Well, standardizing the sizes was a big part of the job these co- operating firms had to face. But the manufacturers of gas ranges, sinks, refrigerators, tables and cabinets got together and estab- lished a few up and down sizes and then several widths. The result is that now you can plan your kitchen with these established sizes and it's not only thrilling but as easy as sitting on the floor and fit- ting blocks together!
With these new arrangements you can actually have a "stream- lined" kitchen with the same counter height running around all the walls!
And the appliances you choose will be truly "built-in" without an unsightly gap between units. I saw one such kitchen that used linoleum cover all around ex- cept for the range, which had a stainless steel top extending about a foot to each side of the range proper,
Stores will soon show kitchen designs made from these coordi- nated plans by a large number of manufacturers.
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You know how important the right size of your kitchen unit is!
Well, standardizing the sizes was a big part of the job these co- operating firms had to face. But the manufacturers of gas ranges, sinks, refrigerators, tables and cabinets got together and estab- lished a few up and down sizes and then several widths. The result is that now you can plan your kitchen with these established sizes and it's not only thrilling but as easy as sitting on the floor and fit- ting blocks together!
With these new arrangements you can actually have a "stream- lined" kitchen with the same counter height running around all the walls!
And the appliances you choose will be truly "built-in" without an unsightly gap between units. I saw one such kitchen that used linoleum cover all around ex- cept for the range, which had a stainless steel top extending about a foot to each side of the range proper,
Stores will soon show kitchen designs made from these coordi- nated plans by a large number of manufacturers.
I know you'll be interested in
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Post War Kitchen
Gas Appliances
Standardized Sizes
Coordinated Design
Built In Units
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After Peace Is Won And Restrictions Are Lifted
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Article promotes planning dream kitchens post-war using coordinated all-gas appliances from cooperating manufacturers, with standardized sizes for streamlined, built-in designs using butane or propane gases.