Bermondsey swimming baths: interior. Photographic postcard, ca. 1906.

Date:
[ca. 1906]
Reference:
2059502i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Bermondsey swimming baths: interior. Photographic postcard, ca. 1906. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

London (95 Old Kent Road) : F. Henschel & Co., [ca. 1906]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.7 x 13.6 cm

Lettering

Interior of Bermondsey swimming baths Ink inscription on verso: Dear George...21 September 1906 Rotherhithe.

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Right up to the second half of the twentieth century, it was rare for working-class people in larger British cities to have facilities for bathing and washing clothes at home. The local baths and wash-house provided these essential services. In addition, some baths offered an opportunity to swim and socialise. Certain bath-houses such as the one pictured here at Bermondsey, in South London, acquired a reputation as being gay meeting places, particularly if the facilities offered included steam baths, as did the new Bermondsey baths, opened in 1927".

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Wellcome Collection 2059502i

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