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To be a privy digger in Philadelphia is to be part excavator, part flea market authority, and part pirate. First, you must be able to dig — sometimes 30-plus feet in rocky soil — to get to the bottom ...

You can find a lot of things at the bottom an old outhouse, including local history. You can find a lot of things at the bottom an old outhouse, including local history. Adventures in Privy Digging ...

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Apr. 2—LEWISBURG — The Union County Historical Society will be hosting a series of events involving privy digging throughout April. Master ceramicist Robert E. Lee III will discuss the treasures and ...

STERLING, Ill. (AP) - You wouldn’t expect to find delicious tomatoes while digging around an old outhouse. And that isn’t exactly what was found when the Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society had a ...

MASSILLON − Al Macdougall rubbed her fingers across the teeth of a cow that were unearthed on Saturday during an archaeological dig at the Spring Hill Historic Home. "Look at these monsters," the ...

In the 18th and 19th centuries in Philadelphia, people did their “business” in the outhouse located in the yard or alley adjacent to their dwelling. Since there was no regular trash collection, they ...

Scott Jordan with some of the find from the privy dig underneath the site of the former Bereket Turkish kebab restaurant. Photos by Clayton Patterson BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Many Lower East Siders ...

Apr. 23—LEWISBURG — The Union County Historical Society will hold its final privy dig event Saturday and Sunday. Master ceramicist Robert E. Lee III will conduct the dig at the society's headquarters ...