Spitoon use in the Appalachians in the 40s?

p51 said:

Got these today from eBay. Those ashtrays were used in the 40s, though I'm not sure if spitoons were used that late. Does anyone know?

View attachment 237001 This is for my model railroad layout which takes place in the Blue Ridge Mountains in 1943.
I mean, this is the area where people were still using outhouses as late as the 1970s and 80s. Still, I do not want to use something if it is anachronistic.

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p51 said:

Got these today from eBay. Those ashtrays were used in the 40s, though I'm not sure if spitoons were used that late. Does anyone know?

View attachment 237001 This is for my model railroad layout which takes place in the Blue Ridge Mountains in 1943.
I mean, this is the area where people were still using outhouses as late as the 1970s and 80s. Still, I do not want to use something if it is anachronistic.

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Woodtroll said:

It would be my guess that they still were fairly prevalent in this area in the 40s, because growing up in the 60s and 70s, they were still present in some of the sit-around-the-stove-and-talk hardware and general stores in our area. The lower-class places just had a box of sand under the stove, which seemed to encourage spitting on the stove itself.

As far as outhouses, I won't go so far to say they are still common, but I do know of several still in use in this part of our county. If maintained properly, they're not too bad, just cold/hot/spidery. WAY better than the "pit toilets" you find in some state and USFS recreation areas.

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