Bathers in the thermal bath, Wiesbaden, 1937
Four bathers in bathing suits before the richly tiled niche of a Wiesbaden thermal bath, 1937.
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The photograph shows four women in contemporary bathing suits in front of a semicircular alcove with elaborate tile mosaic decoration and ornamental friezes. The architectural design—Gothic-inspired pointed arches, floral ornamentation at the apex, and a continuous foliate pattern running around—indicates a representative spa or thermal bath from the turn of the century, such as the Kaiser-Friedrich-Bad found in Wiesbaden. The scene illustrates spa operations as a central element of Wiesbaden’s urban life, which the travel film highlights as a stop on its tour of Germany. Wiesbaden appears in the film as an elegant spa town with international aspirations, whose thermal baths numbered among the city’s most renowned facilities.
