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School District Building in Iowa

Date: 10 30 1917
Description: Exterior view of an abandoned district school building with a small shed or outhouse standing nearby.
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Outhouse, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: One of the 15 outdoor toilets in the Beekman Quarters neighborhood of Natchez, Mississippi. "'It's been full for two months. We still have to use it or wal...
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Wood Pile near Porch, Taylor Alley

Date: 1966
Description: A wood pile is located near the front porch of a house. Outhouses are in the far background.

80 people live in 21 buildings in the Taylor Alley neighborh...

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Outhouse, Griffin Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "Twelve families, eighteen persons, share four outhouses." A window of a house is visible in the foreground, while an outhouse is located behind the home.<...
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Abandoned School

Date: 1935
Description: A simple one-room schoolhouse with a hip roof is standing behind a neglected fence. Most of the window glass is gone and the paint has faded. There is a de...

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