The bath – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The bath comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A dog is the one being scrubbed here, which is what sets this c1914 print apart from the everyday portraits and street scenes around it. The joke rests on the reversal: a creature usually left to wash itself is shown in a tub, the sort of indignity a household reserved for children. Humorous photographs of animals in human roles were a popular genre in the 1910s, when cheap cameras and the postcard trade made staged gags easy to reproduce and mail. Pictures like this one tell us as much about the domestic routines and sense of humor of the period as they do about the dog.
| Created / published | c1914. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Humorous pictures 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | Animals in human situations--1910-1920. Dogs--1910-1920. Bathing--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,101 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-164261 |
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