Other Bathing Machines

(The bathing machine of King Alfonso XIII: conspicuous consumption as spatialized on the Basque coast. Notice first its opulence: the beach as contested terrain of privilege and leisure. And then notice the rails and steam-powered pulley system: proto-Smout Allen. See also this three-quarters profile and this photo as it hovers above the surf. Photo courtesy of George Eastman House. Source.)

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