1896 Souvenir Tintype Photograph from Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California
by W.C. Billington, photographer
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Sutro Heights Gallery, 1896. Ferrotype in mount with bifold wrapper; photographer's stamps; ink annotation: "April Fool April 1st. 1896. Sutro Baths near Cliff House. San Francisco Cal." Image clean and sharp. bccjc 352053
April 1, 1896 souvenir tintype from a visit to the Sutro Baths in San Francisco, the world's largest indoor swimming pool which had just opened three weeks earlier. The well-dressed young man poses in photographer William C. Billington's studio in front of a backdrop of the Cliff House, a restaurant built in the château style located on the same grounds as the Sutro Baths. The baths and the restaurant were operated by Adolph Sutro, then mayor of San Francisco.
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- Bookseller
- Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3732610
- Title
- 1896 Souvenir Tintype Photograph from Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California
- Author
- W.C. Billington, photographer
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About the Seller
Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
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