Adolph Sutro (1895) (14784902603)

Identifier: adolphsutro00holm (find matches)
Title: Adolph Sutro
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Holmes, Eugenia Kellogg, Mrs. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Sutro, Adolph, 1830-1898
Publisher: San Francisco, Press of San Francisco photo-engraving co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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desired by the simple turnof taps. Spring-boards, toboggan slides, trapezes, bars,swings, and all purchasable paraphernalia, are pro-vided for the promotion of acquatic sports, andafford agreeable access to the water. Five hundred dressing rooms, perfectly ventila-ted, heated, lighted by electricity, furnished withshowers, soap, toweling, bathing suits and allnecessary toilet articles, are reached by the aid ofspacious elevators and broad staircases, that leadlikewise to arcades, pavilions, balustrades, prome-nades, alcoves and corridors adorned with tropicalplants, fountains, flowers, pictures, bric-a-brac, thecollected treasure of foreign travels, in bewilderingand most beautiful variety. The facade has a portico with four Ionic columnsand pilasters which lead to a noble staircase, wide,gradual of ascent, bordered with broad-leavedpalms, the flowering pomegranate, fragrant magnol-ias and the lance-like arms of the reaching maguay. — 42 — .iiHiiiinwnirii)ftiwiiiiii)iiiiiiiiii» v
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MUSEUM SUTRO BATHS