The
1800s and 1900s were marked by vast technological innovations, including those
that transformed food processing. Such advancements made it affordable for
families to own devices that made cooking easier.
The
Gibson House kitchen displays a wide assortment of antique appliances that
illustrate the way food was processed a century ago. One of these items, a
coffee grinder (pictured above), would have been present in most middle- and
upper-class nineteenth-century kitchens because of the beverage’s popularity.