Woman washing vegetables in a pond near a night soil pit in China [Transparent]

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Title: Woman washing vegetables in a pond near a night soil pit in China [Transparent]
Item description: Image of an adult bent over and looking over their shoulder while standing at the edge of a body of water with baskets hanging off of a pole. A night soil pot is visible in the bottom left of the frame.
General note: Title based on content of the image.
Night soil is a euphemism for human feces collected at night from cesspools, privies, etc. and sometimes used as a fertilizer.
Caption on slide frame: 549 Water Pollution. Night soil pit at edge of water and woman washing vegetables in pond.
Collection: Breithaupt Hewetson Clark Collection
Identifier: GA182-HealthEducationLanternSlides_040_tr
Date created: [between 1910 and 1930]
Extent: 1 lantern slide : hand col. ; 10 x 8 cm
Genre: lantern slides
Subject(s): Water
Continent: Asia
Country: China
Usage rights: Public Domain
Preferred citation: University of Waterloo Library. Special Collections & Archives. Breithaupt Hewetson Clark Collection. Woman washing vegetables in a pond near a night soil pit in China [Transparent]. GA182-HealthEducationLanternSlides_040_tr.