A Reminiscence of the White Sulphur Springs – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of A Reminiscence of the White Sulphur Springs. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A Reminiscence of the White Sulphur Springs
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Few American resorts of the era drew as many summer visitors as White Sulphur Springs, a spa in the Allegheny foothills known for its mineral waters. This wood engraving, titled *A Reminiscence of the White Sulphur Springs*, appeared in *Harper's Weekly* on August 4, 1888, when the illustrated weekly was a leading source of pictures of American life. The title suggests a backward glance at the resort's past, a theme common in late-century print as the great hotels and their social seasons came to be remembered. Guests at such springs took the waters, strolled the verandas, and attended dances and concerts, so the scene likely reflects that leisured social world.
| Created / published | 1888 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Wood engraving from Harper's Weekly, August 4, 1888. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Music; American Life; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,018 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-127568 |
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