Sandwich
board for the Savoy Turkish Baths:
a photograph and a caricature
< Turkish baths advertiser. — London : Rotary Photographic Co, c.1913. — (London life series)
< "Please, Father…" / Bert Thomas. — London : Lawrence and Jellicoe,
c.1915. — (London opinion series). — Cartoon, originally published in London opinion
Turkish baths advertiser, taken in a street parallel to Savoy Hill looking up towards the Strand.
'Please, Father, may I have a bath?'
'Ah! My son, when I was your age, I too was romantic.'
The sandwich board man advertising the Savoy Turkish Bath was a character well-recognised by Londoners, as is demonstrated by his inclusion in a cartoon in London opinion, later republished as a comic postcard.
These items are from the collection of the Victorian Turkish Baths Project
This page enlarges an image or adds to the information found below:
Introduction. Part 1: What is a Turkish bath?
Caricatures and cartoons: 2. The Turkish bath in general
London's first Victorian Turkish bath. Part 1: introduction
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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