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Popular Local Historian Bob Wood In A Free Public Lecture Pennsburg, PA - On Wednesday, April 10, at noon, Bob Wood's program traces the shift from hearth cooking to the almost universal acceptance of kitchen stoves by the end of the nineteenth century during a free lecture at the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsburg. The lecture is available in-person or virtually. Call 215-679-3103 or email info@schwenkfelder.org to reserve your place and get the Zoom link. The impact of kitchen stoves on family life is, it seems, one of the least examined of the many innovative nineteenth century technologies. It was wood and then coal burning kitchen stoves that reoriented family life from the heated stove room to the ever expanding kitchen. Mr. Wood's program traces the slow evolution of early heating stoves to the first "ten plate" stoves in the late 18th century that combined an enclosed fire box with a primitive oven. With rapidly expanding casting technologies in the early nineteenth century a multitude of stove designs became available. Post Civil War, kitchen stoves growing ever larger and more "beautiful" became central to domestic life. This program is the last lecture associated with the exhibit "Culinary Journey from Germany to Pennsylvania," which shares the history of Pennsylvania German food. The exhibit closes May 12. The Center is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 4pm and Sunday 1 to 4pm. Admission to visit exhibits or research in the library is free. For more information on upcoming programs and exhibits, visit schwenkfelder.org.
Popular Local Historian Bob Wood In A Free Public Lecture
Pennsburg, PA - On Wednesday, April 10, at noon, Bob Wood's program traces the shift from hearth cooking to the almost universal acceptance of kitchen stoves by the end of the nineteenth century during a free lecture at the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsburg. The lecture is available in-person or virtually. Call 215-679-3103 or email info@schwenkfelder.org to reserve your place and get the Zoom link.
The impact of kitchen stoves on family life is, it seems, one of the least examined of the many innovative nineteenth century technologies. It was wood and then coal burning kitchen stoves that reoriented family life from the heated stove room to the ever expanding kitchen. Mr. Wood's program traces the slow evolution of early heating stoves to the first "ten plate" stoves in the late 18th century that combined an enclosed fire box with a primitive oven. With rapidly expanding casting technologies in the early nineteenth century a multitude of stove designs became available. Post Civil War, kitchen stoves growing ever larger and more "beautiful" became central to domestic life.
This program is the last lecture associated with the exhibit "Culinary Journey from Germany to Pennsylvania," which shares the history of Pennsylvania German food. The exhibit closes May 12. The Center is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 4pm and Sunday 1 to 4pm. Admission to visit exhibits or research in the library is free. For more information on upcoming programs and exhibits, visit schwenkfelder.org.