Food was cooked on a wood-burning stove and the family would eat at a small table in the corner. If they were fortunate enough to have an icebox, they could keep milk and other foods cold. A hand pump delivered "running" water to prepare meals and wash dishes.
With no indoor plumbing, the "bathroom" was out back and the immigrants most likely pumped the water, heated it and bathed in a wash tub in the middle of the kitchen floor.
