Sutro Baths
The Grand Staircase
Courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke
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"7288 The Upper Promenade looking West, Sutro Baths, San Francisco, Cal.
Taber Photo"
Adolph Sutro standing center of photo
Marilyn Blaisdell Collection
glass negative, sleeve labeled "Interior Sutro Baths SSU-47" (envelope)
(WNPCHP)
Image courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke
John Martini (3/12/2022): "Based on architectural details like support columns
and location of planters, this probably dates to around 1905."
Turnverein gymnastics display, ca 1910
Postmarked 3-14-1904 (reverse)
Image courtesy of Eric J. Dean
ebay image
"PACIFIC ILLUSTRATING BUREAU", glass slide
Image courtesy of Frank Mitchell
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Image courtesy of Frank Mitchell
Image courtesy of Frank Mitchell
July 4, 1913 - Sutro Baths, Pacific Coast Swimming Championship
Source: Marilyn Blaisdell copy negative
The individual on the left resembles Adolph Sutro, although it's probably not
him. He lacks chin hair in his other photos.
(5/28/2022)
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"6679 Elevator Promenade. Sutro Baths, San Francisco, Cal.
Taber Photo., San Francisco, Cal"
Courtesy of
Glenn D Koch Collection
John Hall Collection
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Courtesy of
Glenn D Koch Collection
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Sutro Baths interior, looking east, San Francisco, Cal. W.C.
Billington, Photographer"
John Hall Collection
John Hall Collection
"Sutro Baths, looking east, May 1, 1896"
John Hall Collection
"Sutro Baths Interior, looking south. May 1, 1897 W.C.
Billington, Photographer"
"54 SUTRO BATHS" Weidner Photo
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Fritz Scheel Orchestra, 10-21-1894 (Blaisdell Collection)
"Binghamton (?) Boys playing at the Cliff House, San Francisco Cal."
(Band name is a best guess at this point.)
Courtesy of
Glenn D Koch Collection
"A Corner of the Sutro Baths"
Out West Magazine, Dec 1902
Photographer: Charles Fletcher Lummis
Becky Broder, ca 1949/1950 (leaning on observation deck rail, lower right)
Image courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke
"Shooting the Shoots, Sutro Baths Cal."
Courtesy of
Glenn D Koch Collection
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(WNPCHP)
"1025 B. Great Sutro Bath House, San Francisco"
Ingersoll View Company
"In the Great Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Copyright 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman"
Glenn D Koch Collection
(contact)
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Interior Sutro Baths, San Francisco, U.S.A.
COPYRIGHT 1908 BY J. J. KILLELEA & CO.
Courtesy of Frank Mitchell
Entrance to Museum, Sutro Baths, San Francisco, U.S.A.
COPYRIGHT 1908 BY J. J. KILLELEA & CO.
Courtesy of Frank Mitchell
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1908 Killelea 0608 (Library of Congress)
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1908 Killelea 0610 (Library of Congress)
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Credit: Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Martin Behrman Collection
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Courtesy of the Jim Dickson Collection |
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Courtesy of the Jim Dickson
Collection
"CHAS. WEIDNER, Photographer" (on reverse)
Courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke
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Sutro Baths - August 1915
John Hall Collection
Image courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke
(This same couple was also photographed in front of the Sutro Heights gate:
link)
Photo from album, dated
1904
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Dave D's recollections: "I was born in San Francisco in 1952 and remember visiting the Museum and Ice Rink. As you descended the entry stairway towards the museum a left turn brought you to the ice rink entry stairwell. Just before reaching the stairwell there was a wooden case in the middle of the hallway about three feet tall and about three foot square. On top was a clear piece of glass that one could peer into and through a series of mirrors was able to look down a series of shafts that afforded a view of the ice rink from three floors above. I believe that the upper restaurant area at this time (in the early 1960's) was used for coin operated binoculars focused on Seal Rocks. The rear glass wall of the ice rink that was the separation from the old baths had a hand painted winter village scene across the entire wall. Kids would scratch off the paint to create peep holes for a view of the creepy old (haunted) baths. I've read that many of the curiosities purchased by Sutro came from Woodward's Gardens. The Baths were already closed when I was a boy but the Sutro Museum and Ice Skating Rink were still running. I had just turned 14 years old in 1966 when Sutros was lost to fire. The column of smoke drifted south over the Sunset district and headed south for Pacifica. It burned for three days. On the morning of the fourth day curiosity got the better of me, so my friend and I boarded an 18 Sloat and walked up the hill from Playland. The pit was still smoldering and yellow police tape was still surrounding the perimeter. Down below the tape was an old Sutro office cement vault room with the door open. Under the tape and down the hill we went. Inside the vault room was an 1800's hand painted safe about 5 feet tall and with the doors opened. it was empty of course except for a small box of Sutro Bath Admission tickets. The tickets were in decent shape considering the inferno they survived." |
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The above photos were of the same film roll (here),
likely taken between 1947 and 1950 |
Sutro Baths, with pools drained
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1953 Sutro Baths, pools 10-19-1953 (SFPL)
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Sutro Baths Interior Changes
Timeline - Pools
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