Shampooing at York Hall Turkish Baths, c.1920
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Tower Hamlets Libraries. Local History Collection
Shampooing at the York Hall Turkish Baths, Roman Road, Tower Hamlets (previously Bethnal Green) in the 1920s.
The masseuse is using a rough shampooing glove and wearing a one-piece bathing suit. The wooden head-rest, seen most clearly on the empty slab, is of a traditional design.
This page enlarges an image or adds to the information found below:
The Victorian Turkish Bath Movement. Part 1: introduction
The Turkish bath as a procedure
Women and the Victorian Turkish bath. Part 5: entrance charges & attendants' wages
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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