Sunday is Mother’s Day, the annual day set aside to honor motherhood. The American version of Mother's Day was created in 1908 by Anna Jarvis, of West Virginia, who wanted a day to honor the ...

Amana manufactured the first upright deep freezer for the home in 1947. This vintage ad from 1953 emphasized efficiency, promising that the appliance would freeze food twice as fast as any other ...

The humble washing machine is an appliance that few of us are truly passionate about. They’re expected to come into our lives and serve faithfully, with a minimum of fuss. In the good old days, it was ...

You know the old "birds and the bees" conversation? Or maybe the stork myth? Or what about the one where a mommy and a daddy go into the washing machine and emerge an hour later with a new baby? Yeah, ...