Memoranda relating to the origin and construction of the peoples's baths 9 Centre Market Place
Subtitle: erected in 1891 under the auspices of the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor
By: compiled by Gouverneur M. Smith, one of the Committee on People's Baths
Contributors: Paton, John, president of the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor; Hamilton, Wm. G. (William G.), chairman of the Committee on People's Baths, New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor; New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor; New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor; Offices of the Commission, Exhibit of the State of New York, World's Columbian Exposition
Published: 1892
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript] :
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Public baths; History; Sources; Correspondence; Tickets; Specimens; Invitation cards; New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor
Other titles: People's baths founded A. D. 1891, by the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor.
Description: Album of manuscript and typed letters, signed, and clippings. Mounted in the album are: 10 letters discussing the project, a 20-page typescript opening essay, an invitation to the opening of the baths, tickets for the baths, advertisements for the baths (in English, German and/or Italian) newspaper accounts, and statistical reports on its use from August 1891 through March 1892, including selected pages from the 48th annual report of the Association.
Notes: Dr. Gouverneur M. Smith's own "mock-up" intended to be published in time for the 1892 Columbian Exposition, but apparently never published.

Cover of "The people's baths founded A. D. 1891, by the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor" mounted on leaf before t.p. The full text has been mounted on leaves 34-40.

Rare Book copy: Laid in: Correspondence between Gouverneur M. Smith and the Offices of the Commission, Exhibit of the State of New York, World's Columbian Exposition.

Rare Book copy: Binding: Original half-morocco binding over marbled boards; five raised bands; four compartments with gilt florets, two lettered in gilt; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers (hardback).