Hey man listen there is an episode of dirty jobs titled "Leather Tanner" that features a folk artist who's family has made face jugs in the Georgia/North Carolina area(s) for centuries I couldn't find the episode but I am betting it came from somebody in this guys family. All of his jugs look...
I bought this bottle at a yard sale a few months back for one dollar and what a steal that was! It's a DR LANGELEY'S ROOT & HERB BITTERS 99 UNION ST. BOSTON
The bottle is 8 1/2 inches tall which strikes me as odd for I can only find 8 3/4 ones. The 99 is embossed backwards which was...
I actually have compared my map with a newer more recent map of my town and from hours and hours of riding my bike around (I am a kid with a lot of free time) I have found that the roads are completely different. Despite the confusion I have located all the old roads along with dozen's of...
Thanks Jim, and were you referring to the outhouse or the actual dump? 6 feet seems like a hell of a ways! (for a dump) By the way I have acquired a 1870's map of my town which is awesome and I have scanned it for hours at a time. One more question: what exactly is a Privy?