My lady's bath, the last garment"" – 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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This historic photograph of My lady's bath, the last garment"" brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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My lady's bath, the last garment""
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Its title, "My lady's bath, the last garment," sets this card apart from the scenic views that filled most stereograph catalogs, and it points to a suggestive joke about a woman at her bath. The card was published by William H. Rau, a Philadelphia photographer and publisher known for his stereoviews. Such cards were meant to be seen through a stereoscope, a parlor viewer that gave two nearly identical photographs a sense of depth, and they were a common form of home entertainment around 1900. The record gives no further detail about the scene, so the title and the card's comic intent are the best guides to what it was meant to show.
| Created / published | Philadelphia, Pa. : William H. Rau, publisher, c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Glamour photographs 1900.Stereographs 1900.Photographic prints 1900. |
| Notes | 1069 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8. |
| Subjects | Bathing--1900. Women--1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,282 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-180436 |
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