Tri-City History A-Z in Photographs #11: Kitchen

People of the East Bay Area have enjoyed meals in a variety of kitchens across the years

By: Kelsey Camello, for the Washington Township Museum of Local History

November 26, 2024

Kitchen (noun): A room or place equipped for cooking; of, relating to, or designed for use in a room equipped for cooking; the equipment and fixtures needed to make a room suitable for cooking.

Hay press workers.jpg — Hay press workers take a break to eat a meal out in the fields. During haying season, the cook wagon was brought onto a property and remained there until the haying was done. The cooks prepared about six meals a day for the workers, as haying was done from sunup to sundown. (Warm Springs) Courtesy of Washington Township Museum of Local History

Tri-City History A-Z in Photographs #11: Kitchen — Local families around one kitchen table. Family names include Faria, Leal, Deroche and Lemos. (Newark) Courtesy of Washington Township Museum of Local History

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Tri-City History A-Z in Photographs #11: Kitchen

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