Victorian Turkish Baths
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Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline

 

January 2012 Site of the Jermyn Street Hammam, 2011
2011
December 2011 Postcard advertising Logan's Turkish Baths
November 2011 Bookmatch cover advertising London's Imperial Hotel Turkish baths
October 2011 The Biltmore Hotel Turkish baths
September 2011 Rockside Hydropathic Establishment cooling-room and plunge pool
August 2011 Shampooing Room, Stanley
July 2011 Turkish bath sign: Prince of Wales Road, Norwich
June 2011 Ruins of hammam in the 15th century Shirvanshah Palace Baku (Azerbaijan)
May 2011 The Turkish hot room: The Luxor Baths Hotel
April 2011 Glass ashtray: San Francisco Turkish Bath: 229 Ellis Street
March 2011 The Turkish bath house at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
February 2011 Omar Bartholomew, masseur, with a bather
January 2011 Holmes and Watson relax after their Turkish bath
2010
December 2010   The Moorish decorative window grille at the Drumsheugh Swimming Club, Edinburgh
November 2010   Plan of proposed (but never built) Turkish baths, Chelsea Public Baths, early 1900s
October 2010   Southport: cooling-room at Kenworthy's Hydropathic Establishment, c.1920
September 2010   Columbus, Ohio: advertising blotter, c.1910
August 2010   London: King's Cross Turkish Baths: three views, c.1887
July 2010   Eastbourne: Grand Hotel Turkish Baths: encaustic floor tiles
June 2010   Melbourne: Fullalove's Turkish Baths: ladies' lounge and cooling-room, mid-1920s
May 2010   Sheffield: poster advertising the Turkish, medicated, Russian or Finnish Sauna Bath
April 2010   Mason City, Iowa: freebie pen advertising the local Turkish Bath and Treatment Parlor
March 2010   Buffalo, NY: Mohawk Baths business card
February 2010   Collinsville, Il: Bischoff's Turkish Baths House
January 2010   Melbourne: Weighing machine card advertisement for Bjelke-Peterson Turkish Baths
2009
December 2009   Norfolk, Virginia: Turkish Baths Building
November 2009   New York: Times Square Turkish Baths postcard
October 2009   Birmingham: 68 Frederick Street: commemorative plaque
September 2009   Glasgow: Corporation baths cash register keys
August 2009   Manchester: Whitworth baths
July 2009   Auckland Turkish Baths, New Zealand
June 2009   Joseph Constantine
May 2009   Shampooing-room in unidentified Turkish baths — Identified August 2011
April 2009   Bermondsey: Grange Road Turkish baths: Cooling-room
March 2009   Invitation to opening of Kentish Town Turkish Baths
February 2009   Turkish Baths sign: Seattle Underground
January 2009   Virginia Water, Surrey: Holloway Sanatorium Turkish Baths, 1885
2008    
December 2008   Shampooing room, Fleischman Turkish Baths, New York, NY
November 2008   Cabinet Turkish bath, Dew Collection, Oxfordshire Museums
October 2008   Locker token for Dewsbury Turkish baths
September 2008   Boston Athletic Association Club-house, 1889
August 2008   Camberwell Turkish baths cooling-room, 1905
July 2008   1910 advertisement for the Savoy Turkish baths in York Street and Jermyn Street
June 2008   Newly refurbished Turkish baths at Bligh Street, Sydney, 1884
May 2008   British newspaper advertisement for 4711 eau de Cologne, 1927
April 2008   Advertising calendar postcard for 1910, Rochester, NY, USA
March 2008   Earthenware corbel, James Street Turkish Baths, Carlisle
February 2008   Porchester Hall Supporters' Club charity programme
January 2008   Southsea Turkish Baths, exterior view, early 20th century
2007    
December 2007   Trade card for the Turkish baths at 1330 Chestnut Sreet, Philadelphia
November 2007   Advertisement in a local directory for Dr Wood's establishment in Brooklyn
October 2007   Linker Bros Turkish Bath Parlors advert
September 2007   Bolton Turkish Baths, after closure
August 2007   Cambray Spa Turkish Baths, Cheltenham, c.1886
July 2007   Divan Turkish Bath Soap label
May 2007   South Cliff Turkish Baths, Scarborough
March 2007   Hot rooms in the Camberwell Turkish Baths, Old Kent Road, London, 1905
February 2007   Invoice from Charles Bartholomew to the Corporation of Ashton, 1879
January 2007   Advertising card for the Central Turkish Bath, Liverpool, 1876
2006    
December 2006   Front cover of Pascal Meunier's Hammams
November 2006   Wall plaque in Limerick
October 2006   Trade card for the Springfield Turkish baths
September 2006   Ben Rhydding Hydropathic Establishment
August 2006   Restoration starts at Manchester's Victoria Baths
July 2006   Miller Arcade Turkish Baths, Preston
June 2006   Trade card for Miller's Turkish, electric, and Roman baths, New York
May 2006   Gents' electrical treatment room at James's Hydro, Earl's Court Gardens, London
April 2006   The cooling-room of the Hotel Metropole, Brighton, 1890
2005    
Sep/Oct 2005   Excerpt from an advertising booklet for Robinson's Thermal Cabinet Bath
August 2005   Book match cover, Luxor Turkish baths, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
July 2005   Advertisement for Sapolio Hand Soap, c.1907
June 2005   Scarborough's Bland's Cliff Turkish Baths—in a new guise
May 2005   Treen woolholder with image of Bridge of Allan Turkish baths
Apr 2005   Last Turkish baths to be built by Dr Barter at St Ann's Hydro
Feb/Mar 2005   Charles Bartholomew's monogram
Jan 2005   Poster for Paddington Turkish and Russian baths, late 1930s
2004    
Dec 2004   Erasmus Wilson's dureta
Nov 2004   Small hinged tin, with striking plate, for lucifers
Oct 2004   A bottle of Penhaligon's Hammam Bouquet
Sep 2004   Front cover of The Mystery of a Turkish bath, by 'Rita'
Aug 2004   Book match cover, Turkish baths at the Australia Hotel, Sydney
Jul 2004   Trade card for Galt House Turkish baths, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Jun 2004   Rate card for Faulkners Turkish baths and hotels
May 2004   Tip dish from the Imperial Hotel, London
     

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