The Kitchen Clock: 1918

Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 2:04am.

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Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "The Kitchen Clock." Which I'll just bet is a play about a kitchen that comes to life at the stroke of midnight. View full size.

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Pixies

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 07/07/2009 - 3:43pm.

Not dust bunnies or tea bags -- I'm pretty sure the two girls lying down and the one with the duster are brownies (impish fairies). Note that all three are barefoot.

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Halloween

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 7:42pm.

The duster and even the broom would be great costumes. Lots of imagination!

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Honeymooning

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 3:06pm.

Put a sink and an icebox on the wall, and this looks just like Ralph and Alice's place!

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A Musical Make-Believe

Submitted by stanton_square on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 12:27pm.

"The Kitchen Clock. A musical make-believe in a prologue and one act. Words by Florence Crocker Comfort. Music by Herbert E. Hyde."

There's a copy on the shelves at the Chicago Public Library if anyone has a hankering to read it.

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I am the walrus..

Submitted by fanhead on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 11:57am.

I could swear I saw this same picture on a Beatles album cover back in the 60's.Or maybe it was the Bali Hai wine. Far out man.

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I've got it!

Submitted by treplovski on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 10:36am.

The girls on the floor are dust bunnies, obviously.

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But Teacher says it's an IMPORTANT part!

Submitted by Melissa on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 10:35am.

"Dangnab it, I don't care what your teacher says, girls. I didn't slog my way through the trenches of France getting shot at by Kaiser Bill so I could come home and see my kids play a plunger and a dustpan in front of the whole town!"

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Animated

Submitted by Jazznocracy on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 10:27am.

This reminds of those early Warner cartoons, where all the inanimate objects in the kitchen come to life.

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Playbill

Submitted by jennahw on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 10:13am.

I love the feather duster girl in the corner! Her expression is adorable.

This is such a weird grouping of objects -- I must learn more about this play. I wonder if the pot calls the kettle black.

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Props to the props

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 10:09am.

I suspect I'd have to pan the acting, but the prop designer showed real artistry, knew how to make the cheapest 2-dimensional cardboard look like 3D from a distance. And the broom and feather-duster must have taken many hours of work.

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Quick, roll under the bed!

Submitted by Mattie on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 9:50am.

It's not often that you see giant dust bunnies out in plain sight.

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And the best costume award goes to...

Submitted by Roxy on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 6:59am.

The broom is awesome!

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