Outhouses

These are some of the outhouses in my collection, and related tacky items.

This is the prize of my collection - an original 1940 blueprint of the US government approved outhouse!

Here' s a few of the wall plaques in my collection.

This mug (???) is by Rumph in 1973. It's HUGE and heavy, and the detail is a wonder to behold.

This use to have a label on it - most likely it said "in case of emergancy break glass". The glass is indeed cracked, and that's a corncob behind it.

I'm just astounded at how many outhouse salt & pepper shakers there are. There are plenty more that I don't own! Why anyone would want a toilet sitting on their eating table is beyond me, but they sure are cute. I display these in my bathroom (I call it the museum), and as far as I can tell none of them were ever used as salt & pepper shakers. They seem to be mostly from the 1940s' and 50s'.

outhouse collectables

(From left to right)1) (back) "This here's the bathroom" hillbilly plaque. Made by Three Mountaineers, and copyrighted 1943, they were made up until a few years ago when the company closed it's doors. James' Grammy actually worked there, and might of worked on this very one! 2)Log Cabin match safe. It's lable Gents on one end, Ladies on the other, and the "doors" are really the ends of a box of matches. 3)"Ma and Pa" salt and pepper shakers. Made out of cedar, they are very common. You can find them with the local tourist attraction or town stamped on them most times. 4)Cedar "Pay as you go" Stinky bank. 5) Moose Creek Crossing photo frame. They don't make the series anymore, but they aren't hard to find.

1)Moose Creek Crossing "Nature Calls". I love this guy. 2)Coaster set by Enesco. I think there were once bar tools hanging on the side hooks. I've seen variations with other figures on them and slight changes.

1) "I'm full of S" and "I'm full of P" salt and pepper shakers. What is it with outhouse salt and pepper shakers? Why would ANYONE want this on their table near food??? 2)Port-a-potty bank. 3) "Squaws and Bucks" marble salt and pepper shakers.

1) Santa in the outhouse (merry Christmas from Greg!), 2)"Who's in the John?" plaque - you can take the appropriate family member and hang it in the outhouse to let the family know where you are - almost as bad as a pager I suppose. 3)Mary's Moo Moo's musical outhouse (with a cow inside!).

1)Outhouse music box, 2) the squirting hillbilly boy gag (James just loves this one - sigh). I've seen variations of this with women, men, hillbillies, minorities... I wonder how many different ones were made? 3)Paper outhouse, 4)March of Time mailable gag by Tootsietoy, 5)Electric toilet paper (corncob with an electric cord by Ohio Collectables), 6) Hot Wheels car "the Hot Seat" - looks like a toilet with a plunger for the steering wheel (and James is upset he can't play with this one...), and 7), Cedar doorknocker plaque.

1) Chalkware salt and pepper set with "him" and "her" on them, 2) Kinder Surprise outhouse (Kinder Surprise are chocolate eggs from everywhere but the USA that have extremely cool toys in them), 3) Australian Dunny, in pewter. (Thanks Charlene!!!).

Here are 3 variations on the "squirting gag" outhouses. You fill the base with some water, and when someone opens the door, they get it. There are other variations on this I don't have yet - even with women!

1) Green outhouse and catalog from the '50s I think, 2) Nude lady on outhouse salt and pepper. Why would nude women be clinging to outhouses????

Seattle Washington "county seat". Made out of branches with a two-hole seat inside.

This grouping include my contemporary Christmas outhouses. One of them is a "Mary's Moo Moo's", musical with a little cow sitting on the seat. The rest have Santa in them. I HATE to think what it would be like to have to use an outhouse at the North Pole...

These are a few shots including some more. The ashtray in the third photo is pretty old looking, with a very oriental look to the child running into the "biffy", but it has no markings.

I'll be adding a link soon to a page with my chamber pots on it. It's not a large collection (although I'm sure I own more than the average American...), but I'm proud of what I have.