Lurline Baths / motion picture. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

"A large indoor swimming pool can be seen. The camera was directed toward a slide from which people can be seen entering the pool in rapid succession"--Early motion pictures.
"At San Francisco. The main feature is the toboggan slide which the bathers use, some sitting, others lying down, head first or feet first. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.
60578 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 25Oct1897; 60578.
Camera, Frederick Blechynden.
Duration: 0:20 at 30 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 0063) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Filmed August 1897, at the Lurline Baths in San Francisco, California.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 333-334; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 196; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 45 [MI].
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.