![[3732610] 1896 Souvenir Tintype Photograph from Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California. photographer W C. Billington.](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732610.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1669651092)
1896 Souvenir Tintype Photograph from Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California.
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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.
Description: 1896 Souvenir Tintype Photograph from Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California.
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
[3732610]Price: $125.00