Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ; 35
Notes
"A catalog to accompany an exhibit of privy bags by the Society in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. The exhibit will run from No[v]ember 21, 2009, until May 15, 2010."
Summary
The introduction provides background on the history and use of the bags, which were designed to hold the scrap paper earmarked for privy use. Often highly decorative, privy bags came into being in rural Lancaster Co., Pa., in the early decades of the 1800's and continued to be used during the era of the outhouse.
The Historical Society of Cocalico Valley : Printed by Fulton Press,
Date of Publication
2008.
Physical Description
232 p. : ill. ; 23 x 28 cm.
Summary
"An illustrated picture book containing over 167 late eighteenth and early nineteenth photographs and illustrations documenting a wide variety of subjects in the Cocalico Valley. Each illustration is accompanied by detailed historical text. The photographs are arranged by municipality and include the boroughs of Adamstown, Akron, Denver and Ephrata, and the townships of Earl (Hinkletown), Clay, West Earl, Ephrata, East Cocalico, and West Cocalico. Subjects include churches, businesses, homes and homesteads, modes of transportation, schools,mills, etc." [from the Journal of the Historical Society Of TheCocalico Valley]
