more on the baths yesterday

History of Sutro Baths @ National Park Service

Sutro Baths @ Wikipedia

History of Sutro Baths @ Western Neighborhoods Project
(includes rare pics of baths in flames)

Adolf Sutro: A Brief History of a Brilliant Life The complete text of a small book published in 1895 to honor the new mayor of San Francisco, Adolph Sutro. Include gorgeously-detailed description of the Baths.

Ocean Beach History & Geology
From the San Francisco Department of the Environment Movie: The Lineup
B & W / 86 mins. / 1958
This noir film is the only movie to include scenes shot at the fully-built Sutro Baths. Lots of great old San Francisco. VERY hard to get a copy, but here's one source for DVDs of the film.

Short film showing the super fun gigantic slide, created by Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897.
Library of Congress "'Pacific Service' Supplies the World's Largest Baths"
PG&E Magazine [September 1912]
Includes complete resource statistics.

"The Last Fine Time"
SF Chronicle [October 17, 1998]
Letter to the Editor & personal account of going to the Baths as a child