Victorian Turkish Baths
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Malcolm Shifrin FRHistS—"Victorian Turkish Baths": 'a major act of historical recovery', 'readable', 'scholarly', 'something in it for everyone'. Profusely illustrated. worldcat.org/title/931082056. Complementary website http://www.victorianturkishbath.org
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What is a Victorian Turkish bath?
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Which baths are still open in the UK? www.victorianturkishbath.org/stillopen.htm
Read review extracts: www.victorianturkishbath.org/_EBOOK/5Revi...
What is a Victorian Turkish bath?
www.victorianturkishbath.org/_1INTRODUCTI...
Which baths are still open in the UK? www.victorianturkishbath.org/stillopen.htm
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Arthur Conan Doyle eventually sold the story, and rights, to Ward Lock & Co. for the meagre sum of £25. Today only 11 *complete* copies are known to exist and it is considered to be 'the most expensive magazine in the World' with a copy selling at auction in 2007 for $156,000 USD.
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Arthur Conan Doyle eventually sold the story, and rights, to Ward Lock & Co. for the meagre sum of £25. Today only 11 *complete* copies are known to exist and it is considered to be 'the most expensive magazine in the World' with a copy selling at auction in 2007 for $156,000 USD.
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
#onthisday, 28 November 1799, Vincenz Prießnitz (Priessnitz) died aged 52. Originally a peasant farmer, he developed the water cure (hydrotherapy) & nature cure (naturopathy.
In home-town Gräfenberg (Lázne Jeseník) nr Freiwaldau (Jeseník), now in Czechia, he established a world-famous spa. 🗃️ #C19th
In home-town Gräfenberg (Lázne Jeseník) nr Freiwaldau (Jeseník), now in Czechia, he established a world-famous spa. 🗃️ #C19th
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#onthisday, 28 November 1799, Vincenz Prießnitz (Priessnitz) died aged 52. Originally a peasant farmer, he developed the water cure (hydrotherapy) & nature cure (naturopathy.
In home-town Gräfenberg (Lázne Jeseník) nr Freiwaldau (Jeseník), now in Czechia, he established a world-famous spa. 🗃️ #C19th
In home-town Gräfenberg (Lázne Jeseník) nr Freiwaldau (Jeseník), now in Czechia, he established a world-famous spa. 🗃️ #C19th
#onthisday, 28 November 1878, the #CamdenTown #TurkishBaths designed by Henry Hewitt Bridgman, FRIBA, opened at 11A Kentish Town Rd.
'Of all the Turkish baths I've seen
In various countries I have been,
There's none for comfort & renown
Like the Turkish bath in Camden Town'
Closed 31.3.1916 🗃️ #C19th
'Of all the Turkish baths I've seen
In various countries I have been,
There's none for comfort & renown
Like the Turkish bath in Camden Town'
Closed 31.3.1916 🗃️ #C19th
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
#onthisday, 28 November 1878, the #CamdenTown #TurkishBaths designed by Henry Hewitt Bridgman, FRIBA, opened at 11A Kentish Town Rd.
'Of all the Turkish baths I've seen
In various countries I have been,
There's none for comfort & renown
Like the Turkish bath in Camden Town'
Closed 31.3.1916 🗃️ #C19th
'Of all the Turkish baths I've seen
In various countries I have been,
There's none for comfort & renown
Like the Turkish bath in Camden Town'
Closed 31.3.1916 🗃️ #C19th
#onthisday, 28 November 1867, 13 days after George Coggan opened #TurkishBaths in Commercial Rd #SheptonMallet, Mr Rumsey opened others only 3 mins walk away in High St. Had he lost a race to open 1st, or just thought his were better? We'll never know, but his baths lasted less than 2 yrs. 🗃️ #C19th
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#onthisday, 28 November 1867, 13 days after George Coggan opened #TurkishBaths in Commercial Rd #SheptonMallet, Mr Rumsey opened others only 3 mins walk away in High St. Had he lost a race to open 1st, or just thought his were better? We'll never know, but his baths lasted less than 2 yrs. 🗃️ #C19th
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Since Trump fired most of the National Park Service, the bears have to pick up the slack.
“Alaskan bear corrects a fallen roadside cone”
Credit @gunsnrosesgirl X
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“Alaskan bear corrects a fallen roadside cone”
Credit @gunsnrosesgirl X
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March 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Since Trump fired most of the National Park Service, the bears have to pick up the slack.
“Alaskan bear corrects a fallen roadside cone”
Credit @gunsnrosesgirl X
@altnps.bsky.social
“Alaskan bear corrects a fallen roadside cone”
Credit @gunsnrosesgirl X
@altnps.bsky.social
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Books are in fact being ‘cleaned up’ as we speak.
I only buy 2nd hand books now. 📚
I only buy 2nd hand books now. 📚
October 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Books are in fact being ‘cleaned up’ as we speak.
I only buy 2nd hand books now. 📚
I only buy 2nd hand books now. 📚
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Truth
November 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Truth
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Woof Shadow by Tachra Design in Tehran, Iran
photo: Parham Taghioff
photo: Parham Taghioff
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Woof Shadow by Tachra Design in Tehran, Iran
photo: Parham Taghioff
photo: Parham Taghioff
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A late medieval pocket sundial from Freiburg. The portable sundial once contained a small compass in the circular recess, helping to align the sundial along the north–south axis so the correct time could be determined.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A late medieval pocket sundial from Freiburg. The portable sundial once contained a small compass in the circular recess, helping to align the sundial along the north–south axis so the correct time could be determined.
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I wonder if @rustanddirt.bsky.social or anyone else knows whether Eerie ever had any 19th or early 20th century Victorian Turkish baths. I've not found any www.victorianturkishbath.org/_6DIRECTORY/... yet smaller places such as Harrisburg, Meadville, Lititz, Warren, & even Wilkes Barre had them.
https://www.victorianturkishbath.org/_6DIRECTORY/Lists/CUSA/USAEngState.htm—tho'
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I wonder if @rustanddirt.bsky.social or anyone else knows whether Eerie ever had any 19th or early 20th century Victorian Turkish baths. I've not found any www.victorianturkishbath.org/_6DIRECTORY/... yet smaller places such as Harrisburg, Meadville, Lititz, Warren, & even Wilkes Barre had them.
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24/11/1864: The birthday of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
24/11/1864: The birthday of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
#onthisday, 27 November 1893, #Batley Corpn added #TurkishBaths to its Public Baths opened earlier in the year. Hottest room could be raised to 220°F. Manager William Lister earned 24/- per week. In 1895, Ald. Colbeck told baths committee the Turkish was popular with doctors & parsons. +ALT 🗃️ #C19th
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#onthisday, 27 November 1893, #Batley Corpn added #TurkishBaths to its Public Baths opened earlier in the year. Hottest room could be raised to 220°F. Manager William Lister earned 24/- per week. In 1895, Ald. Colbeck told baths committee the Turkish was popular with doctors & parsons. +ALT 🗃️ #C19th
And somewhere there, possibly just at the extreme left of the painting, was the celebrated #TurkishBaths, at what was then number 11, Leinster Street, where James Joyce's Leopold Bloom had a warm bath, not having time for a Turkish one. www.victorianturkishbath.org/_3TOPICS/Ato... 🗃️ #C19th
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
And somewhere there, possibly just at the extreme left of the painting, was the celebrated #TurkishBaths, at what was then number 11, Leinster Street, where James Joyce's Leopold Bloom had a warm bath, not having time for a Turkish one. www.victorianturkishbath.org/_3TOPICS/Ato... 🗃️ #C19th
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✒️ A Calligraphic Wall Panel, 1855 “Surely good deeds wipe out evil deeds.” (11; 114)
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
✒️ A Calligraphic Wall Panel, 1855 “Surely good deeds wipe out evil deeds.” (11; 114)
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November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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Four Knotted Marble Columns, Trento Cathedral (13th Century CE) 🤔👀
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Four Knotted Marble Columns, Trento Cathedral (13th Century CE) 🤔👀
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Take a minute.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Take a minute.
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Free access to British Newspaper Archive
BTW some of you may know this but others won't. If you're in a place that's free WiFi is _TheCloud then it will give you unlimited credits to the BNA.
Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Free access to British Newspaper Archive
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It is National Game and Puzzle Week! ‘Floral Loto: A New Round Game’ was produced in London by Jaques & Son, [ca. 1872].
I saw this at University of Wisconsin-Madison Special Collections.
#specialcollections #historyofgames #19thcentury
I saw this at University of Wisconsin-Madison Special Collections.
#specialcollections #historyofgames #19thcentury
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It is National Game and Puzzle Week! ‘Floral Loto: A New Round Game’ was produced in London by Jaques & Son, [ca. 1872].
I saw this at University of Wisconsin-Madison Special Collections.
#specialcollections #historyofgames #19thcentury
I saw this at University of Wisconsin-Madison Special Collections.
#specialcollections #historyofgames #19thcentury
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🍎 "Well, I missed the opportunity to take this or that course, so now I’ll never be in a position to learn it properly like all you guys with your fancy degrees. Sheer nonsense."
🗃️ #arthistory #academicsky #academia #inspiration #scicomm
ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/on-learning
🗃️ #arthistory #academicsky #academia #inspiration #scicomm
ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/on-learning
On Learning
Truly, madly, deeply
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November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🍎 "Well, I missed the opportunity to take this or that course, so now I’ll never be in a position to learn it properly like all you guys with your fancy degrees. Sheer nonsense."
🗃️ #arthistory #academicsky #academia #inspiration #scicomm
ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/on-learning
🗃️ #arthistory #academicsky #academia #inspiration #scicomm
ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/on-learning
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For the What's History Feed 🗃️.
This is a fantastic opportunity for historians off the tenure track (including NTT, contingent, and independent scholars, archivists and librarians, museum workers and other public history folks) to spread the word about their publications.
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This is a fantastic opportunity for historians off the tenure track (including NTT, contingent, and independent scholars, archivists and librarians, museum workers and other public history folks) to spread the word about their publications.
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
For the What's History Feed 🗃️.
This is a fantastic opportunity for historians off the tenure track (including NTT, contingent, and independent scholars, archivists and librarians, museum workers and other public history folks) to spread the word about their publications.
✍🏽📚📄
This is a fantastic opportunity for historians off the tenure track (including NTT, contingent, and independent scholars, archivists and librarians, museum workers and other public history folks) to spread the word about their publications.
✍🏽📚📄