One of the great things about antiques is that they help us realize just how much some things have changed. Some everyday-items from the past have become completely irrelevant, while others have changed dramatically. Below we’ve found 7 everyday-items that have either gone the way of the dodo or have drastically changed since their heyday. Scroll down to see number one, then click the next button to find the answer. See how many you can correctly identify, and leave your score in the comments below!
This old-school tool is a coffee grinder! Before pre-ground coffee and chain cafés, people hand-cranked beans each morning—definitely a workout before caffeine kicked in, but essential for that fresh brew
This is the Baby Daisy vacuum cleaner from 1910! Manually powered and requiring two people to operate, it was a real workout. Cleaning carpets back then wasn’t for the faint-hearted!
Back to the kitchen for number 3, which is also still around. If you can’t tell from the photo below, here’s a hint: this would go well with the coffee grinder from number one.
If you said toaster, you’re correct! Yes, the best thing since sliced bread…err, the best thing to happen to sliced bread? Either way, toasters as we know them began to pop up when Albert Marsh developed a way to use a safe heating element in a toaster in the early 20th century. Before that, people used to toast their bread by fire!
Though less common today, flour sifters are still essential for bakers. They aerate packed flour, making it lighter and easier to mix—perfect for smooth dough and better baking results every time.
This is a boot scraper, often found by the front door. Its one job? Scrape mud and dirt off shoes before coming inside. Simple, effective, and still handy today!
