Electricity and plumbing: two great tastes that taste great together

Of course, that taste is the coppery taste of electric death. I know these things were insulated and all, but somehow, I can't help but think that 1909's concept of insulation wasn't quite so stringent as today's. No small concern when you're going "Nyah, nyah, nyah!" in the Grim Reaper's face.

And really: "Electric Light Baths"?

"Timmy, did you get in the tub?"
"No ma'am, but I did stand in front of that newfangled electric light."
"Okay. As long as you're clean. Off to bed with you."

Comments

[Susan Easley]

"Electric Light Baths" sounds like something my grandfather wiggled his toes under at the shoe store when he was a boy. An after-school activity that has since fallen into disfavor.

[Dave in Marietta]

Call me crazy, but I like the looks of that shower. And I think the fixtures on the tub are kind of retro cool looking. But that box? Oh no. I am not getting into a box full of lit up light bulbs. From what I can tell, they aren't even covered with any kind of housing. "Hey honey do you smell something burning?"

[Gordon]

Erica may be right - that looks like a treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder. In the middle, say, of a Michigan winter, that would not only be pleasant, but all that incandescent wiring would make the inside of that cabinet nice and toasty warm, too!

[Ruth]

Thank whatever deity for indoor plumbing and electric lights! Two things that definitely make my life much happier! You never appreciate those unless you've ever had to do without for any length of time.

[Erica]

Really -- "provided in many residences of better class"? I totally doubt that :)

The "electric light bath" may have been intended to help people with Vitamin D deficiencies or something. They'd have gotten more benefit from going out in sunshine, though. Oddly, the only people who could afford to put a light-bulb-filled cabinet in their bathroom should have been easily able to afford a vacation to a nice sunny place.