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Southgate Place, Bath, early 1900s
Southgate Place Bath Victorian period
Comic German postcard -- mud bath at a health spaComic German postcard -- an overweight man is hosed off after a mud bath at a health spa -- A glimmer of light in the dark! Date: circa 1900s
Photograph of Bath Tavern, Peckham, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub
Photograph of Bath Tavern, Mitcham, Greater London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub
Winners at the Bath Club including Lady AlingtonPrize winners at the Bath Club in London in 1933. Miss Nona Davies, Miss Venetia Fripp, Lady Alington and Miss Mary Evans (no relation to our founder as far as we know!). Date: 1933
Durban, South Africa - a Paradise for BathersDurban (Port Natal), South Africa, packed with holiday-makers, enjoying both the beach itself and an open-air swimming pool. 1928
Page from catalogue of toilet requisitesPage of toilet requisites from Harrods catalogue (1911 - 1912), Brushes and Turnery Department. This page includes shaving brushes, nail brushes hand mirrors and bath mats. Date: 1911
Herculaneum. Roman baths. CaldariumRoman baths. Caldarium with a hot plunge bath. Marble. Herculaneum. Italy
Roman ruins of Andelos. Mendigorria. Navarre. SpainRoman ruins of Andelos I-II centuries. Overview of the baths. Mendigorria. Navarre. Spain
Cartoon, Disraeli and Queen VictoriaCartoon, Opening Parliament. Benjamin Disraeli wheels Queen Victoria to Westminster in her bathchair. 1880
Smart Bathroom 1913A state-of-the-art bathroom, fully tiled, with lavatory, bath, shower head, bidet and wash basin. Date: 1913
Old lady in a bath chairOld lady in a rather large bath chair, talking to three women on a bench while shielding herself from the sun with an umbrella. Date: 1920s
Advert for Morrison, Ingram & Son bath and lavatories 1888Advertisement in a trade book for 1888, specialities of the manufactures of patent steamless and noiseless baths and lavatories, patent spray, cascade, trinal and other closets
The Waste of it! by John HassallMaid feeling exhausted after running up and down with jugs of water instead of using the tap! Date: 1906
Three cats getting ready for Christmas by having an uncharacteristic bath, by Louis Wain. Date: circa 1900s
Standard Sanitary Appliances suite in Rose de Barry pink. Date: circa 1920s
I Could Have Sweared I Saw a Torpedo, WW1 postcardHumorous First World War postcard showing a small boy in the bath wondering where that torpedo has gone. Date: 1916
Silver Street, Trowbridge, WiltshireSilver Street, Trowbridge, near Bath, Wiltshire, England. Showing the New Inn, J Boulter & Sons Florists & Hills Saddlers Date: 1927
Roman antiquities at the site of Procolitia, 1876Roman antiquities at the site of Procolitia, on the wall of Hadrian and Severus, including coins, vases and slabs. The engraving at the top shows the Roman bath after excavation. Date: 1876
Sunlight Soap advertisementAdvertisement for Sunlight Soap manufactured by Lever Brothers at their famous Port Sunlight factory, featuring a small boy in a wooden tub bath holding up his bar triumphantly
Suffragette Arson Felixstowe. The ruins of the Bath Hotel, felixstowe Suffolk, with crowd of onlookers, following the spectacular blaze on 28th April 1914
Bonzo and Chee-Kee keep smiling by George StuddyBonzo and Chee-Kee keep smiling -- the Pekingese watches Bonzo having his bath, after which he chases her, knocks into the coal scuttle and makes himself dirty all over again
Bathtime by Muriel Dawson -- a smiling baby sits in a bathtub while water is sponged over its head. Date: circa 1920s
Bonzo the cartoon dog getting stuck in the bath. Cartoon strip from Bonzos Annual, 1935 Date: 1935
Mud bath treatment at a Spa at Acqui Terme, ItalyMud bath treatment at a Spa at Acqui Terme, a city and comune of Piedmont, northern Italy, in the province of Alessandria. Date: circa 1910s
Sphinx Sundial - Port Sunlight, Wirral, MerseysideSphinx Sundial on Bath Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside. This sundial was erected to celebrate the Relief of Mafeking in 1899
Bath of an Indian princess. Indian-Mongolian Art. Maliwa school. 1720. Hindu art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. Marco Polo Gallery
Dignitaries of the Church officiating at the 1953 CoronationLeading churchmen who played a part in the Coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953. Top left is Dr Garbett, Archbishop of York, whose role was to support the Archbishop of Canterbury
Constanta - Romania - MamaiaThe Bathing house at Mamaia, Constanta, Romania - a 10km strip of beach situated between the waters of the Black Sea and Siutghiol Lake. A boat of the fleet moored off Constanta is also shown
Granpop does a bit of plumbing by Lawson WoodHumorous illustration by Lawson Wood depicting his orang utan character, Gran pop embarking on a bit of plumbing by trying to fashion a shower (perhaps)
South Wales miner washingA South Wales miner, face and forearms black with coal-dust, washes at home in a large tin bath. His wife helps wash his back. Date: circa 1936
Hydrotherapy treatment at French mental hospitalWater treatment at Asile d Alienes (lunatic asylum) of Sainte-Anne, Paris. Date: 1868
Turkish Baths - Algiers, AlgeriaThe salon of a Turkish Bath - Algiers, Algeria. The clientele appears to be mostly French
Titanic Turkish Bath, Cooling RoomThe Cooling Room of the Turkish Bath on the ill-fated Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912
Bombed Bath - St. Andrews Church DamagedThe centre of Bath, the view from Julian Road showing bomb damage to St. Andrews Church (left) after a German air raid - circa August 1940"
Turkish Bath on TitanicOne of seven builders photographs of the RMS Titanic interior, this one showing part of the Turkish Bath
The Turkish Bath Cooling Room on board the TitanicThe photograph shows the Turkish Bath Cooling Room on board the Titanic. The ship surpassed all rivals in size and luxury
An Ancient Roman Playground in a Modern French ResortThis image depicts the New Bath at Deauville in Normandy by F. Matania. The baths were based on the classic style of ancient Rome providing luxury to wealthy travellers
Colour engraving of Prior Park, BathColour engraving of Prior Park, near Bath, the seat of Ralph Allen Esq
Bathing / Bloodletting 16CPeople in a public bath house, bathing and blood letting
David & BathshebaDavid sees Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite, in the bath, covets and seduces her while her husband is away at the wars. She becomes the mother of Solomon
Pompeii Bath / TepidariumA view of the excavated Tepidarium (warm room) from the Forum baths at Pompeii, which boasts elaborate wall paintings and relief work at the top of the walls
Back to Back SlumsTypical Victorian back to back slum houses, with tiny back yards, Bath Street area of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. Scheduled for demolition under Town Planning
Floating swimming bath in the Seine, Paris, FranceView inside Les Bains Deligny, a floating swimming bath in the River Seine at Paris, France
One of the rooms in the Turkish bath at the Lido des Champs Elysees, Paris, 1920s Date: 1920s
Victorian Scrap - soldiers polishing boots at camp - Captain Goode and Captain Field. late 19th century
Cover design, Gaiety, A Monthly Magazine of Humour, one shilling. Try it in your bath! Edited by Artemas. circa 1920s