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Old Posted Dec 9, 2009, 6:05 AM
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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire View Post
Very interesting posts re the Bimini. I take it that this establishment caters to the ladies?
Hehe you would think a place called "KLYT" would be for the ladies, huh? But no, it's for the guys.

I looked it up online; this is from a 1967 phone book, which would suggest that at this point, the Palace Turkish Baths had been around since at least 1905:

from gaytubs.com


Here's a contemporary photo of 132 E. 4th Street courtesy of Google Earth:


KLYT is in the building that says "Charmed Fashion." It's the door on the left. Makes me wonder what this area looked like in 1905.
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