Object number:
2000.1.1101
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
circa 1899
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 8 in, W: 10 in
Credit line:
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Two children are posed in and around a metal bath tub. One is in the tub, and the other, a girl, is kneeling alongside the tub. A cake of soap is on a saucer in the foreground. A much later dated Tribune clipping (5/11/[19]52), is affixed to the back of the photo; it reads: And, last of all, the great weekly event--the Saturday night bath. Who was that who just shouted 'Ah, the good old days?'" [Not much help in dating or locating the scene. JM 9/21/2000]
Concepts:
soap; child
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