Spittoons
A Bank in Nebraska
An antique spittoon
Have you ever seen one of these? It is an old fashioned spittoon. Very much visible in every public place at one time! Notice in the bank picture above there are spittoons every few feet around the teller windows.
I well remember seeing spittoons all over the place when I was a kid. So many men used snuff and tobacco then that spittoons were a necessary thing. It was repulsive but not having them would have been more repulsive!
Imagine being the person who had to clean them! That is even more repulsive. Even the most prestigious banks and public buildings had spittoons. They were just a part of normal living.
I can't imagine why--because now we don't have them and we get along fine. The people who chew tobacco and dip snuff, which are probably a lot fewer now than then, have had to change their ways-- they have to do their spitting outside. Even that is somewhat repulsive but better than inside! I am certainly glad it has changed because I surely wouldn't like to see spittoons return! The spittoons have gone the way of the old chamber pots and other outrageous things of the past! Hooray! They belong only in cartoons.
posted by kyra lafain @ 4/26/2009 12:30:00 PM
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