Title	Man peeking out of outhouse
Description	Mustachioed man wears captain's hat, glasses, striped bowtie,and a smile as he peers out the window of what appears to be a a one-seater outhouse. He is visible from the chest and shoulders up. The building is of crude construction, built with vertical boards and pentagonal "window".
Historical note	Outhouses were important aspects of sanitation in rural and urban America. They were typically built away from the house or school and its well or cistern. A water source could be easily contaminated by runoff or waste seeping into the ground. Sears catalogs were a popular presence in outhouses. Elk Falls, Kansas, is considered the outhouse capital of the world.
Date	approximately 1900-1912
Collection name	Earl S. Miers River Photograph Collection
Subjects	Privies Men Ship captains
Accession number	908
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#	33010
Digital Type	Still Image
Digital Format	Image/jp2
Media Type	Photographs
Copyright	No copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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