Breakers Beach Casino Bathhouse, Palm Beach
PhotographerPhotographed by
Harriet V. S. Thorne
American, 1843 - 1926
Dateabout 1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on film
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 3/4 x 6 9/16in. (12.1 x 16.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 x 5in. (17.8 x 12.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 x 5in. (17.8 x 12.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation
DescriptionBathers at a bath house, near a pool. Much of the pool is visible, as well as the building that surrounds it. Many chairs are lined up against the edge of the building, around the pool. A large hotel, probably the Royal Poinciana Hotel is visible in the background.
Object number2011.344.160
MarkingsOn a PrintFile negative preserver in black ink: "Rollie McKenna / [ASSIGNMENT] H.Thorne Collection [NO.] 7 + 8"InscribedRecto, film side: "8" in black ink on left edgeNotesDate note: While the date provided by Rollie McKenna for a similar image is circa 1900, it may be closer to 1912 if the film is cellulose nitrate (which it probably is). According to the Image Permanence Institute, Kodak did not start manufacturing 5x7"nitrate sheet film until 1912. From "Photographic Negatives: Nature and Evolution of Processes"
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