Schewzik's Russian vapour baths
Enamel street sign advertising Rabbi Benjamin Schewzik's baths in the East End of London. The establishment was specially popular with many of the East European Jewish immigrants who fled the pogroms at the turn of the 19th century. The baths were destroyed by fire in 1940.
Photo: Shifrin
Both the enamel sign, and the photograph of the people outside the baths, are in the collection of
The Jewish Museum, London.
The 'saracenic' features—the canopy and the window frame overlays—were added to the original georgian building for effect.
Photo: The Jewish Museum
A
contemporary advertisement in Yiddish:
'… freedom from all your troubles, pain; become fresh and healthy with the best
masseurs in London…'
East London album (Peter Marcam, 1992)
This page enlarges an image or adds to the information found below:
Early problems and controversies. Part 1: introduction
Hot-air bathing before the Victorian Turkish bath
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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