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Gabriel Christus
Camille Harmon, 8, melts butter on top of the wood-burning stove for a rhubarb crisp on Saturday at the Littleton Museum.
A hot time at the Littleton Museum

Having modern conveniences in the kitchen doesn't always translate into doing less work. 

Just ask a woman trying to cook her family a meal in the 1890s.

"Industrialization made it harder for women," said Kathie Owens-Tucker, an interpreter at the 1890s farmhouse in the Littleton Museum. "We were expected to do more with all the new modern conveniences."

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