Black and white photo looking from one end of the room to the other, with a wide aisle down the center and bath stalls on each side. There are men sitting on benches outside the stalls with towels stacked next to them. In the right foreground sits a man in a suit with hat reading a newspaper; he is thought to be the photographer.
Hot Springs Bath House men's bath hall, 1875
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A reference three years later says, referring to a bather, "With the help of the negro bath-man he is soon in a hot bath..."

The Hot Springs of Arkansas 1878 by A. Van Cleef

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