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Old fashioned ranch kitchen food larder.

For those of you who don't know what a larder is:
A larder is a cool area for storing food prior to use. Larders were commonplace in houses before the widespread use of the refrigerator.

Essential qualities of a larder are that it should be:

• as cool as possible
• close to food preparation areas
• constructed so as to exclude flies and vermin
• easy to keep clean
• equipped with shelves and cupboards appropriate to the food being stored.

In the northern hemisphere, most houses would arrange to have their larder and kitchen on the north or east side of the house where it received the least amount of sun.

This photo was taken at the Leonis Adobe Museum in Calabasas California.
For more information on the museum, visit them at www.leonisadobemuseum.org/

This photo can't be used for profit or commercial use -- this is specified by the museum. I DO NOT HAVE a property release for this photo!