A century ago, home life in Vermont revolved around the wood burning cook stove. Meals were prepared, bread baked and hands warmed from the heat it produced. Stoves with names like Gold Coin, ...

Nearly a century ago, a family likely depended on this Majestic Manufacturing Company stove to cook meals, boil water and provide heat during chilly winter days. Now a relic, this wood and coal range ...

Houses in America were originally heated by open fires in a fireplace. By the mid-1700s, cast-iron heating stoves were introduced. Many were "five plate" stoves made of five iron plates assembled as ...

Despite the technological and manufacturing advancements of the 19th century, many artists of the time looked to the past for inspiration. Visual artists developed the Pre-Raphaelite style.

In inventing the wood stove, Ben Franklin built a freestanding fireplace with an open front and cast-iron sides. A revolutionary idea at the time, the Pennsylvania Fireplace, as it was called, soon ...

Paul Farr and his wife, Audrey Farr, pose for a portrait among antique stoves on Monday, June 15, 2020, in North Ogden. Paul Farr collects and restores the wood- and coal-burning stoves. NORTH OGDEN — ...

The Vault is Slate’s brand-new history blog. Like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter @slatevault. Find out more about what this space is all about here. Little misses in the first decades of the ...