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Philadelphia baths, corner of George and Seventh Sts., near Chestnut Street. [graphic] / WLB.
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Creator
Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist.
Contributor
Kennedy & Lucas's Lithography, printer.
Title
Philadelphia baths, corner of George and Seventh Sts., near Chestnut Street. [graphic] / WLB.
Publisher
[Philadelphia: Kennedy & Lucas]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1829
Date
[ca. 1829]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph; 14 x 21 cm. (5.5 x 8 in.)
Description
Advertisement showing the bath house established in 1828 by patent medicine proprietor William Swaim at the northeast corner of Seventh and George, i.e., Sansom streets. A woman and man enter separate entrances to the three-and-a-half story facility, and two pairs of women and a man walk on the sidewalk. Also shows the fenced courtyard adjoining, and the buildings behind and neighboring the bathhouse. The bathhouse contained separate apartments for women and men with fifty tubs made of tin-plated copper or Italian marble. The men's space also included a bar room.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 280
Notes
Manuscript note on recto: Swaim's
Publication information supplied by Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 574
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject
Swaim, Wm. (William)
Public baths -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Sansom Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1820-1830.
Advertisements -- 1820-1830.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W280 [P.2170]
Accession number
P.2170
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Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
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