Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
1779
1817.13
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertsing Ephemera
Booklet
Object name
Booklet
Date
1890-1930
Medium
Paper
Dimensions
2 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1/8 in.
Description
This small booklet has a faded orange cover which reads "The Perfumed/ Russian Baths/ in Gibson's Building/ Corner/ Broadway and 13th St.,/ New York". Inside are rules and hours for bathing and descriptions of the health and beauty values of steam baths including press reviews and articles favoring Russian Baths.
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.473
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
