That was my thought as well. Incidentally, my father claimed he never saw a flush toilet until he joined the military in 1944!
The Grandmother I mentioned lived in her last home from the time my father was about 12 - 13 (which would have been in 1934 or 35) until she passed in 1978. The house was built w/o an indoor bathroom (she wouldn't allow it - read that as trips to the outhouse). My dad and I added the bathroom to the house around 1964 or so. That's how some folks were back then. I bet you father was one of those like my Grandmother. The picture brought back memories.



