my grandpa used to always go swimming here as a teen and loved this place. he always talks about it! i wish i couldve seen it when it wasnt just ruins!
My other favorite memories include the Tucker automobile (I hope it didn't go up in the fire) and General Tom Thumb's clothes from the P.T. Barnum collection.
I never got to swim or ice skate there as the museum always captivated my attention. When I got back from being in the Air Force, it had burned down. 40+ years later,
I still miss the place. I've been to a lot of places in the world and a lot of museums, but it was like no other. Sigh!
Near the end as he is exiting, you can see a statue in a glass case at the bottom of the stairs. I think that was of a Japanese guy who made the statue of himself and then (supposedly) pulled every hair from his body and put it on the statue. I'll always remember that!
This is the sort of stuff that would have gone into the long planned and as yet never realized San Francisco City Museum, had it (and that which was lost in 1906) not burned up in 1966.
Excellent! Glad you've put this clip up. I've a DVD copy of the movie, kind of hokey, but it caught scenes of the city that are definitely history, beginning to end, even the awful freeways. Thanks!!
everyone! we have put together the best documentary on sutro baths, coming out at the balboa theatre in san francisco around nov-2011. you do not want to miss this. if you grew up in s.f as I did-a must see. this film here is just how it was when I grew up. I lived right down on lower great hwy. rode those all mack buses in this picture . better times back then. different world. we had fun.
my dad just went in the police dept dec 16th 1956 and delivered the car for this movie. I watched sutros burn down that sunday in 1966. my dad arrested the boy-maget batch for the fire. I have a sign off the building from sutros. what a historical loss. remember seeing everything in this picture. jim
@jimmyd10100 I remember this place from my childhood. Looking at the movie is like going back in time, to a time when I was happy. Yes, it was a terrible loss for all of us.
my grandpa used to always go swimming here as a teen and loved this place. he always talks about it! i wish i couldve seen it when it wasnt just ruins!
Narusayshi 1 month ago
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My other favorite memories include the Tucker automobile (I hope it didn't go up in the fire) and General Tom Thumb's clothes from the P.T. Barnum collection.
I never got to swim or ice skate there as the museum always captivated my attention. When I got back from being in the Air Force, it had burned down. 40+ years later,
I still miss the place. I've been to a lot of places in the world and a lot of museums, but it was like no other. Sigh!
Scottgross 1 month ago
@Scottgross To answer your concerns about the Tucker auto that was at the museum. Almost everything that was at Sutro was removed before it burned.
130fe2rn 2 weeks ago
As I remember it...
Near the end as he is exiting, you can see a statue in a glass case at the bottom of the stairs. I think that was of a Japanese guy who made the statue of himself and then (supposedly) pulled every hair from his body and put it on the statue. I'll always remember that!
Scottgross 1 month ago
OMG! I learned to ice skate there in the late '50s. I still remember the binocular room and the taking bird rooms. I loved the place.
dabrco 2 months ago
This is the sort of stuff that would have gone into the long planned and as yet never realized San Francisco City Museum, had it (and that which was lost in 1906) not burned up in 1966.
Gryphonalia 10 months ago
WOW, wasn't expecting the great shots of the interior and ice rink.
Gryphonalia 10 months ago
Excellent! Glad you've put this clip up. I've a DVD copy of the movie, kind of hokey, but it caught scenes of the city that are definitely history, beginning to end, even the awful freeways. Thanks!!
TomKasinger 11 months ago
everyone! we have put together the best documentary on sutro baths, coming out at the balboa theatre in san francisco around nov-2011. you do not want to miss this. if you grew up in s.f as I did-a must see. this film here is just how it was when I grew up. I lived right down on lower great hwy. rode those all mack buses in this picture . better times back then. different world. we had fun.
jimmyd10100 1 year ago
@jimmyd10100
I can't wait to see. I'm performing a song that I've written about the mysterious ruins of the place . . . . .
NeRienII 8 months ago
it would be really nice if San Francisco decides to rebuild the Sutro Baths.
ikirby22 1 year ago
Okay, how did the guy in the wheelchair get all the way down there?
I grew up in the Outer Sunset, born in '62, so missed Sutro's. I love this film for all the City locations!
57chevypreterist 1 year ago
my dad just went in the police dept dec 16th 1956 and delivered the car for this movie. I watched sutros burn down that sunday in 1966. my dad arrested the boy-maget batch for the fire. I have a sign off the building from sutros. what a historical loss. remember seeing everything in this picture. jim
jimmyd10100 1 year ago
@jimmyd10100 What a sentimental memoir!
qqqquito 1 year ago
@jimmyd10100 I remember this place from my childhood. Looking at the movie is like going back in time, to a time when I was happy. Yes, it was a terrible loss for all of us.
Thank you for this video naboomboo!
Nguli34689 1 year ago
Very intresting. Have seen only ruins of the Sutro Bath today.
ostwestexpress 1 year ago