Sutro Baths / motion picture. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

"Another view in which the figures show larger. A springboard furnishes the bathers with much amusement; also a toboggan slide. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.
"A large indoor swimming pool is shown, as well as the walkways that separate the varying depths of the water, and a sign identifying the locale on the wall farthest from the camera position. In the immediate foreground, camera right , is a slide that begins its incline high in the air above the water and affords entrance into the water below"--Early motion pictures.
52619 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 20Sept1897; 52619.
Camera, Frederick Blechynden.
Duration: 0:24 at 30 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 0005) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Filmed August 22, 1897, at the Sutro Baths in San Francisco, California.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 333; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 45 [MI].
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.