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Housewife in a model electrical farm kitchen, July 1936.
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Black and white image of a woman in a striped dress standing at a modernized kitchen sink. A stove is directly behind her and small appliances sit on the counter.

Credit: Image Donated by Corbis - Bettmann

In 1936, the Rural Electrification Administration estimated that an all electric farm would use about $50.00 worth of electric current each month. The model farm that featured this kitchen, included such new fangled devices as electrically operated tools, hay hoist, drinking fountains for the livestock, and electric fly-killers.

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