Wood Burning Stove Collection

The Early Scholar, c. 1865. Creator: Eastman Johnson
The Early Scholar, c. 1865

POVERTY: LEAN-TO, 1936. A twelve-year old girl cooking for her family in a lean-to kitchen. Photograph by Carl Mydans, March 1936

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1913. A mother and father and their nine-year-old daughter finishing garments in dilapidated tenement apartment in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, January 1913

Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Vintage engraving from the works of Charles Dickens. From Bleak House. I belive you ! says Mrs Bagnet. Hes a Briton. Thats what Woolwich is. A Briton !

Section of a furnace
Illustration of a furnace

POTBELLY STOVE. A potbelly stove located at 203 Front Street, New York. Photograph, 20th century

MAINE: EXAMINATION ROOM. The examining room of a doctors office in the Governor John Hubbard House in Hallowell, Maine, built c1830. Photograph, 1971

SHAKER WOMAN KNITTING. Fannie Estabrook knitting at the Hancock Shaker village near Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Photograph by Samuel Kravitt, c1931-1936

Furnace metal
Antique illustration of a metal furnace

MIGRANT FAMILY, 1939. A mother and five children living in a shacktown community with residents mostly from Kansas and Missouri in Yakima Valley, Washington State

MIGRANT CAMP, 1939. A farmer cooking a meal for his family inside a tent at an emergency camp for migrant workers in the pea fields, Calipatria, California

RURAL CLASSROOM, 1939. Interior of a one-room schoolhouse with seven pupils enrolled, Baker County, Oregon. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, October 1939

FARM KITCHEN, 1939. The corner of a rural kitchen in the home of a tobacco sharecropper in Person County, North Carolina. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, July 1939

SHARECROPPER HOME, 1938. Sharecroppers wife with her baby and young child inside a shack without windows, Missouri. Photograph by Russell Lee, May 1938

CHILD LABOR, 1935. Motherless children after a day working in the cotton fields in California. Photograph, 1935 by Dorothea Lange

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, 1900. An unidentified instructor conducting a soil analysis laboratory class at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Oil over a photograph, 1900

The Public Warming Room in Paris, 1840 (engraving) (b / w photo)
XIR196928 The Public Warming Room in Paris, 1840 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Adam, Victor (1801-66); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

NEW YORK: TENEMENT, 1913. Jimmie Chinquanana, in his home in the rear of their store at 11 Hamilton Street, New York City. Photographed on 16 September 1913 by Lewis Hine

HINE: MILL HOUSING, 1912. A Polish American mother with her children in their crowded three room apartment, shared between eight workers at the Olneyville Cotton Mill in Providence, Rhode Island

Berlin laborer and his family at home, 1900
Berlin laborer and his family at home, c1900

Roman civilization, portable terracotta stove, from Pompeii
Roman civilization, 1st century A.D. Portable terracotta stove. From Pompeii

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"The Wood Burning Stove: A Timeless Symbol of Warmth and Necessity" In the midst of a rapidly changing world, the wood burning stove stands as an enduring symbol of warmth and necessity. Dating back to the mid-19th century, this humble appliance has played a vital role in countless households across different continents. One can imagine The Early Scholar, c. 1865, painted by Eastman Johnson, where families gathered around their wood burning stoves for comfort and enlightenment while reading Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Even in faraway South America, Brazil's Amazonas region witnessed the Fogao Lenha Fundimig iron stove providing sustenance to its inhabitants. Traveling further into Brazil's Goias region, we encounter Cidade de Goias with its traditional copper pots being stirred over crackling flames - a testament to both culture and practicality. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens reminds us that even literature recognized the significance of these stoves during times of hardship. Indeed, poverty was no stranger to lean-to kitchens like that captured in 1936 when a twelve-year-old girl cooked for her family on such a stove. In 1913 HINE: HOME INDUSTRY photograph showcases how families relied on these stoves not only for warmth but also as tools for their livelihoods. Beyond domestic use lies industrial applications; section views reveal intricate furnaces powered by wood-burning mechanisms. From potbelly stoves warming homes at 203 Front Street in New York City to examination rooms in Maine doctors' offices equipped with them – they were omnipresent. Yet amidst all this functionality lies beauty too; Fannie Estabrook knitting at Hancock Shaker village near Pittsfield demonstrates how even Shaker women found solace beside their wood-burning companions. The wood burning stove remains an iconic fixture throughout history – bridging cultures and generations alike. Its presence continues to evoke feelings of warmth, resilience, and the simplicity of life's necessities.