Name/Title
Postcard Entrance to Sunny Cove Baths, early 1900sEntry/Object ID
2024.6.1Description
Acc. No. 24.6.1
Subject Category: Beaches, Sunny Cove Baths
Date or Period: early 1900s
Object: postcard
Description: a postcard, uncirculated, of a hand-colored black-and-white photo, title in red in a white strip at the bottom: '922 Entrance to Sunny Cove Baths'. Visible is an unpaved street, with tracks running through and a steam train, one open car, and a flag pole with attached U-shaped sign stating 'Sunny Cove Baths' and a cluster of people underneath. Behind this is one three-story building with an awning and people crossing the street to the train. Verso states it was published by Cardinell-Vincent Co., printed in Germany.
Size: L 5 1/2" x W 3 1/2"
History of Objects: Sunny Cove Baths was founded in 1881 by the Dietz sisters. After their deaths, it was inherited by their nephew George Masters and his wife. It closed in the 1920s. Steam trains were replaced by electric trains by 1911, dating this postcard to before that time.
Acquired from: Charles Kahler
Donated: 12/9/2023; Catalog Date: 1/26/2024