A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Some towns still retain a municipal band

I can recommend a movie --- Brassed Off

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The Crogan House on Grand Avenue in Cumberland, MD

[rogruth]

The shutters probably work.
Look at that gable decoration!
Two chimneys.
Nice house.
The lady is an addition not often seen in these photos.

[rex desilets]

Outhouse in the background?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Outhouse in the background?

Possibly so.......

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I'll bet the family held-court from that front porch.

And, hey, Rex, good catch on that outhouse - I'd never have noticed it. You apparently have quite an eye for detail.
Murph

[Rufus T. Firefly]

And, hey, Rex, good catch on that outhouse - I'd never have noticed it. You apparently have quite an eye for detail.

Either that or that extra roughage is doing its job,

[HONDO74]

Outhouse in the background?

I wonder how it would be for everyone if we still had to use an outhouse.

There were people still using outhouses in this country in the 1940s and 50s, maybe later also.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Outhouse in the background?

I wonder how it would be for everyone if we still had to use an outhouse.

There were people still using outhouses in this country in the 1940s and 50s, maybe later also.

A lot later.....

[robert.]

A friend in Pa still has one. It is used as a backup. he has an indoor toilet with a holding tank for daily use. His tank needs to be pumped every 6 weeks. unless the creek floods. Then it needs to be flushed after the creek recedes. During those 2-3 days half a dozen times a year he uses an outhouse. laws in Pa are pretty strict about outhouses. He wont abide by them. Right now he has help from the Amish in fighting these laws. At some point he'll give up an buy a composting toilet (for back up) His main point is. Nobody has a problem when his main holding tank is washed out by a flooding creek. Why should they have a problem with an outhouse that won't get into the creek?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Nobody has a problem when his main holding tank is washed out by a flooding creek. Why should they have a problem with an outhouse that won't get into the creek?

Wasting his time expecting rational thought in this battle; got a similar one over where I am where the septic has to be inspected on schedule by approved service companies - just another bill to pay. And outhouses are included in that, too!

[rogruth]

Nobody has a problem when his main holding tank is washed out by a flooding creek. Why should they have a problem with an outhouse that won't get into the creek?

Wasting his time expecting rational thought in this battle; got a similar one over where I am where the septic has to be inspected on schedule by approved service companies - just another bill to pay. And outhouses are included in that, too!

Probably a law sponsored by the inspection and clean-up companies.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Outhouse in the background?

I wonder how it would be for everyone if we still had to use an outhouse.

There were people still using outhouses in this country in the 1940s and 50s, maybe later also.

A lot later.....

I can recall some of the Rest Stops (PA; WVa; Ohio) on the Interstates having them, no matter how well appointed, or not. You could still look beyond the tops; there was no flushing mechanism.

[rex desilets]

Rufus' photo inspired a closer look, whereupon I noticed the suspicious-looking structure, appropriate size and architecture
My Grandmother had an outhouse into the late Fifties, even given that she had indoor plumbing from the Twenties. Emergency fallback, I suppose.
Back when my chillun was young, we frequently camped at a state park (in PA) that was furnished only with outhouses. Our then-baby daughter refused to do her business in one; we had to trek to a local gas station for her. Well, the campground outhouses were truly rank. And, she was a fastidious child.

[Rufus T. Firefly]