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Old 07-21-2011, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy View Post
"double seater crapper" ???

What did they do, take craps together back then?
If necessary yes. And with a big family it was probably necessary fairly often.
Busy farms or mines could also have a need for something a bit larger.
There were even multi story ones.

http://weburbanist.com/2010/03/28/ou...ous-outhouses/

My house has one built into one of the horse stalls in the carriage house. Empties into the same "basement" that the floor chute from the horsestalls goes into. I got a great deal of fun out of explaining the whole thing to the home inspector- He asked about the chute.
What's that odd structure in the foundation?"
Well, we're right under the horse stalls.
So?
Well, when you have horses in a city.....
Ok, I've seen enough we can inspect somewhere else.

I swear he actually looked like this

I'm not sure cards/basketball was the right Ebay category. But it does seem to be a sports collectible of some kind.

How long before Upper deck cuts it up to put on cards? (Wall, door numbered to 1000, seat numbered to 10. Autographed 1/1 - and some sears catalog buybacks)

Steve B
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