Lavatory Collection

Mother and her daughter, Frederick Douglass housing project, Anacostia, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Anacostia, D.C. Frederick Douglass housing project. Mother and her daughter

Enema, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Nicolas Lavreince
Enema, late 18th-early 19th century

A latrine, c17th century. Creator: Anon
A latrine, c17th century

Peasant Woman Spinning, 1640-1677. Creator: Thomas Wijck
Peasant Woman Spinning, 1640-1677. Mother at the spinning wheel, her child sits in a chair designed as a toilet, with a built-in chamber pot, and plays with the family dog

Unsanitary privy in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Unsanitary privy in potato pickers camp near Shafter, California

Privy in cheap migratory camp, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Privy in cheap migratory camp. San Joaquin Valley, California

Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory labor housing during carrot harvest. This field owned by proprietor of adjoining grocery store who allows workers to camp here rent-free

Farm buildings in the purchase area, Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm buildings in the purchase area. Widtsoe, Utah

Privy in cotton camp for migratory workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Privy in cotton camp for migratory workers. California

Sanitary facilities for migratory workers, Ditch bank camp, near Arvin, Kern County, CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sanitary facilities for migratory workers. Ditch bank camp. Squatters near Arvin, Kern County, California

Toilet facilities at Westley camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Toilet facilities at Westley camp. California

Toilet facilities at Westley camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Toilet facilities at Westley camp. California

Three children waiting in the kitchen while their mother prepares the... Washington, D.C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Three children waiting in the kitchen while their mother prepares the evening meal

Wooden privies in the Negro area, Washington (southwest section), D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington (southest section), D.C. Wooden privies in the Negro area

Twenty-four portable toilets, mobile camp (FSA), equipment, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Twenty-four portable toilets, mobile camp (FSA - Farm Security Administration) equipment. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. [Mens on the left, womens on the right]

Sanitary facilities in camp of carrot pullers, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Sanitary facilities in camp of carrot pullers. Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California

Toilets provided for hop pickers in growers camp, near Grants Pass, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Toilets provided for hop pickers in growers camp. Near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon. [ Women painted on wooden toilet building]

Negro sharecropper house, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Negro sharecropper house. " They treat us better here than where we did live. No privy in sight, had to get water from the spring

Temporary buildings on Williams new farm, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Temporary buildings on Williams new farm. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Toilet for ten cabins, men, women, and children, Arkansawyers auto camp, Greenfield, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Toilet for ten cabins, men, women, and children. In Arkansawyers auto camp. Greenfield, California. [Sign: Do not throw cans in garbage ]

The Dazey place, Homedale district, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Dazey place. Homedale district, Malheur County, Oregon. [Outside toilet and storm cellar]

Toilet for ten cabins, men, women... in auto camp... Greenfield, Salinas Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Toilet for ten cabins, men, women and children in auto camp for Arkansawyers, recent migrants to California. Rent for cabins ten dollars a month. Greenfield, Salinas Valley, California

Steelmill workers company houses and outhouses, Republic Steel Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1936
Steelmill workers company houses and outhouses [outside toilets]. Republic Steel Company, Birmingham, Alabama

Tourist camp privy, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Tourist camp privy. Georgia

Commode Chair, c. 1940. Creator: Ernest A Towers Jr
Commode Chair, c. 1940

Pigsty and Latrines, Han dynasty (206 B. C. -A. D. 220), 1st century B. C. / A. D
Pigsty and Latrines, Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), 1st century B.C./A.D

The Washerwomen (Les Laveuses), 1771. Creator: Jean Baptiste Le Prince
The Washerwomen (Les Laveuses), 1771

Salon Orchestra Meier, 1911. Creator: Moritz Jung
Salon Orchestra Meier, 1911

Interior of cell, 1842. Creator: Unknown
Interior of cell, 1842. Inside Pentonville Prison in London, completed in 1842. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

Venerable Idleness, Queen of Cockaigne; a fat woman seated on a movable toilet chair being waited on and fed by seven women, 1565

Landscape with a Rainbow over a Farmhouse and Distant Village, n. d
Landscape with a Rainbow over a Farmhouse and Distant Village, n.d

Old Houses in London Street, Dockhead, about 1810, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Old Houses in London Street, Dockhead, about 1810, (c1878). View from Jacobs Island of houses backing onto a water course

Outside toilet, Belleville Road School, London, 1936. The flushing cistern and toilet with a wooden seat

Going to London through Epping Forest, 1802. A woman picks up her petticoats to step over a bush shaped like a forest tree to get to her garden latrine

Part of a French railway wagon-lit (sleeping car), 1890. Showing accommodation by day and night and (centre) the lavatory

Public latrines and wash basin in Dougga, 2nd century BC
Public latrines and wash basin near the baths in the Roman city of Dougga, 2nd century BC

Roman latrine from Tunisia, c. 3rd century BC
Roman latrine near baths, from Dougga in Tunisia, c.3rd century BC

Public latrine and washbasin near the baths in Roman Dougga, 2nd century
Public latrine and washbasin near the baths in Dougga, 2nd century

West corner of the Roman fortress at Caerleon, 2nd century
The west corner of the Roman fortress at Caerleon, showing barrack blocks, with latrine building in foreground, 2nd century

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