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This looks right out of my parents early 1960 Women's Day Encyclopedia of Cooking series when ethnic cuisines were just starting to catch on with "high design" minded folks in the US. The wok, the tiki/Mexican statue, the Danish Modern type pitchers and the color scheme pretty much allowed me to nail it.

I was torn between the 60s and 70s...should have went with my gut and said 60s.

So close! I voted 50s, but was thinking very late 50s. If we consider that 1960 is technically the last year of the decade, I was right! That makes me feel better, anyway.

It's tricky. Magazine photo shoots tend to be in advance of popular trends. I've noticed that a lot of these Guess the Decades seem earlier than what the trendy items immediately suggest.

Ah, but if it appeared in an April 1960 article, the magazine hit the newstands in March (magazine dates are when they go OFF the newstand, at least in current dating of magazines) and the photography was likely done in 1959 (based on how long it typically takes to go from photography to print!) So those of us who guessed the 50's might be right as well!

Tricky one! I thought it might be from the late '60s, at the latest, in spite of the obvious '50s appliances (like the built-in fridge cabinet - a friend of mine also has one of those, they were incredible).

These folks were way ahead of their time seems to me, by about a decade.

My grandmother had a wall-hung refrigerator just like that! It was pink and barely held anything. GE.

My husband was right!

But hey, I got the magazine right!

I didn't vote, but must admit that if I did, I would have said 70s...

I think that is the first wall-hung refrigerator I've ever seen, at least in a residence and not in a commercial spot. How weird! I thought those were cabinets, not a fridge.

That's a refrigerator? Wow - Now I want one...

Well, if we all get together, maybe we can bring back the fridge; BUT it wouldn't work since it's not ADA compliant, not by a long shot.

Too late. I've eaten my books - which is a shame really, coz I've got some great pick-the-decade pics.

Thanks for the game - it's terrific!

Actually, given my logic that the decade looked like my mother's kitchen in the 70s, I should have deduced that my mother was likely to be 10 years behind the fashion. She's currently into shabby chic...