Grapes of Wrath

An online exhibit by English 690 (Spring 2017) at San Francisco State University

Toilet and Plumbing History

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Title

Toilet and Plumbing History

Subject

This is a comparison between the plumbing and sanitation systems of Oklahoma and the midwest and California.

Description

Hopefully these items will demonstrate the shift in culture, technology, and social structure that is explored by the Joads in The Grapes of Wrath.

Creator

Evan Stradford

Date

April 2017

Collection Items

[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Typical outside toilet, Cincinnati, Ohio]
Typical outside toilet, Cincinatti, Ohio

Toilet on the William McDermott farm near Anthon, Iowa

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

Toilet accessories in home of agricultural day laborer living near Warner, Oklahoma. Muskogee County

Utility units at Marysville resettlement camp. Shows sites and units, towels, hot shower, and laundry. California

Mens' showers, Visalia utility building. California

Scott Tissues
This is an advertisement for toilet paper from May 1930 in the magazine Good Housekeeping

Privy of tenant farmer near Vian, Oklahoma

Privy of agricultural day laborer living in Arkansas River bottoms near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. Muskogee County

Privy made of Purina Chow sacks, tenant farmer's. Near Sallisaw, Oklahoma
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