The Story of Sutro Baths

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  • This short video is about Adolph Sutro, a self-made millionaire and former mayor of San Francisco created the Sutro Baths, a public bathhouse a museum.
    Diana Carol Clarke
    www.dianacarolc...
    Video contains:
    1. a brief biography of Adolph Sutro
    2. a short film of the gigantic slide and bathers at the Sutro Baths.
    3. a short film of the Leander sisters dancing on a platform over one of the swim tanks.
    4. a short film of one of the two trains that
    transport passengers to the Baths.
    5. How seawater is transported into the swim tanks.
    6. San Francisco surfer exploring the Baths.
    Photo and film credits and permissions:
    Louis Vincent provided by Peggy Vincent
    San Francisco Museum
    Early Edison Films, Library of Congress
    Historical American Building Survey
    Music: Pinnacle Studio, Pinnacle Systems, Inc.
    Copyright 2006 Exceleste

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  • @2motomike2
    @2motomike2 15 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I visited several times before it burned. The bleachers for hundreds to view the pools were very steeply built along the hill. The museum had a Tucker Car and a huge model rollercoaster built by a prison inmate. It was made from millions of tooth picks. I was sorry to discover everything was gone when I returned from the Viet Nam war in 1965. Thanks for the film.

  • @janierios1194
    @janierios1194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I LOVE THESE KIND IF VIDEOS, SO INTERESTING

  • @luciduous
    @luciduous 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Adolf Sutro was my great great grandfather... thank you for making this very informative video about some of his endeavors!

    • @Pattycakes-db2ow
      @Pattycakes-db2ow 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      OH MY GOD...your great-grandfather was a renaissance man...almost genius-level. IF you're for real...WOW...a descendant of this man who played a HUUUGE part in San Francisco's rich history. And yes, I'm becoming quite a Baths enthusiast, and I think she did a magnificent job.

    • @mostlywildlife
      @mostlywildlife  10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sutro was a generous humanitarian.

    • @Pattycakes-db2ow
      @Pattycakes-db2ow 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He really was! VERY generous...I especially liked learning that he built his OWN railway, just so EVERYBODY, rich and poor, could enjoy his Baths! Quite a man, for sure!

    • @ApartmentKing66
      @ApartmentKing66 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Pattycakes-db2ow Was "she" a typo?

  • @luigicedric
    @luigicedric 16 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very Nice. As a current-Mainer, ex-pat. of the BayArea, I much enjoyed your civil-toned and informative tour of a beloved old haunt. Thank you so much.

  • @eojet
    @eojet 13 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for documentry, Very informative I always wanted to know more about the Sutro baths. My grandparents used to go in the 1920's and 30's.

  • @ABTPlumbing
    @ABTPlumbing 14 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great film, thanks for sharing. The Sutro Baths ruins where a favorite hang out for my friends and myself in high school.

  • @joshtj44
    @joshtj44 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I visited there in 2001 and I had no idea that I was standing on a piece of great history. I'd love to go back there now that I've seen this. Thank you.

  • @victron6
    @victron6 16 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice Doc! Using Mozart as you music sound track makes it even better!

  • @mostlywildlife
    @mostlywildlife  16 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yes, that section is now closed. The water didn't empty from the tunnel into the aquarium.
    The tunnel was used for quarrying operations. It was pumped in from a cave during low tide. The cave is closed. There is no access to it.
    Thanks for your comment.

  • @severedarterie
    @severedarterie 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Not all the pools were turned into the ice skating rink. We use to skate up to the white washed glass and see the bathes that had not been used for the rink. Nice job on the video.

  • @thomassanfrancisco5850
    @thomassanfrancisco5850 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video

  • @TheClampettmobile
    @TheClampettmobile 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    FINALLY! A video with GOOD MUSIC --- not some "rock crap" noise. My hat is off to you for this choice and informative video.

  • @SwingChaSanFrancisco
    @SwingChaSanFrancisco 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I question some of the statements but, most particularly, the allegation that the skate rink was at the pools level. It was above. Before the rink, there was athletic equipment unlike those in today's gymnasia but used for the same purpose. Not mentioned were the hot and cold pools. The hot one was probably 110°F where there were always a few Japanese men. The cold one, right next to it, was so cold it was cloudy. I dove into it once and couldn't get out fast enough! The dive pool was 14' deep.

  • @theresamorris6206
    @theresamorris6206 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very well done indeed . I miss home I miss San Francisco I love the Sutro Baths they're one of my favorite places ever

  • @joeblogh2340
    @joeblogh2340 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Actually explaining what some of the ruins were was much appreciated. It’s hard to match them up with old photos.

  • @Sutterjack
    @Sutterjack 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice job--very informative documentary. Nice archival footage and photos too!

  • @Pattycakes-db2ow
    @Pattycakes-db2ow 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Diana Clark, if that's the narrator, did an AWESOME job...I found out a cpl things I hadnt heard before. Very, VERY good video!

    • @mostlywildlife
      @mostlywildlife  10 ปีที่แล้ว

      My daughter, Shanna Lefebvre, was the narrator.

    • @Pattycakes-db2ow
      @Pattycakes-db2ow 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome job! Whomever did the research taught me a cpl things I didnt know!

  • @b0mbie
    @b0mbie 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this was magnificent!

  • @kaidgardner2922
    @kaidgardner2922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i feel a connection to this place somehow. How could it have burned so many times?

  • @Bengettler1
    @Bengettler1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What an interesting video!

  • @delosla
    @delosla 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this. Very well done! I love the Cutro, I've been fascinated with this placed ever since I first saw the runes in the movie Harold and Maude when I was a kid.

  • @prismicnature
    @prismicnature 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a great report on it. Nicely done!

  • @silvamarvin58
    @silvamarvin58 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great job..........

  • @SeattleBlythe
    @SeattleBlythe 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is very well done! I just stayed at a hotel near here last week!

  • @aedmonds
    @aedmonds 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent job!

  • @mostlywildlife
    @mostlywildlife  16 ปีที่แล้ว

    As far as I know, yes. But be more cautious during high tide.

  • @fish67y
    @fish67y 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    good intro

  • @ApartmentKing66
    @ApartmentKing66 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The narrator could use a tad more polish.

  • @CanadianMind
    @CanadianMind 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the name of the piano playing at the very beginning?

  • @bradhorner
    @bradhorner 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:18 Good documentation of the graffiti

  • @mostlywildlife
    @mostlywildlife  17 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know. Sorry.

  • @joeconrad9147
    @joeconrad9147 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You left out the mud flood

  • @newyawka15
    @newyawka15 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    boooootro!