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A weathered wooden porch with stoneware jars on a shelf, a hanging lantern, an old cupboard, and a view of rolling hills.
A pocket watch and an oil lantern inside a double cream ring, on a deep forest-green field.

100 Years Too Late

How everyday life used to work

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Everyday history, told plainly

How did ordinary people get by before the modern world showed up? How did they keep food cold, light the house, wash clothes and grow their own food?

Every week we dig into the everyday history of how life used to work, and the clever, hard-won ways folks made do.

If you’ve ever felt you were born 100 years too late, you’re in the right place.

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What Did People Do Before Refrigerators?

Food didn’t keep just because you shut a door. Before the refrigerator, you salted, smoked, buried, or waited on a wagon of ice.

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