Lex Anteinternet: Jenny on the job: Home was never like this

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Jenny on the job: Home was never like this

We've been running the Jenny on the Job series of U.S. Public Health Service posters recently. I don't know quite what to make of this one.

My guess is that this is supposed to be a workplace lavatory. Over the years, in the places I've worked (and given that I've worked in the same place now for 30 years, I'm recalling lavatories of the past and not the present) I've worked in a few places that were downright funky.

In contrast, some places I've worked had lavatories that were immaculate.

The basic point raised is a good one. It is important to keep public facilities clean. Apparently this was enough of a problem early in World War Two that the Public Health Service felt that they had to have Jenny comment on it.

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This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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