Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1888 – Antique Wall Map
(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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This antique map of Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1888 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Hot Springs, Ark
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Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1888
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Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1888 was a resort town built around its thermal springs in the Ouachita Mountains, and its economy rested largely on visitors who came to bathe in the waters for rheumatism, skin complaints, and general ailments. The federal government had set aside the springs as a reservation in 1832, and by the late 1880s bathhouses lined Central Avenue, with hotels and boarding houses rising on the slopes above. Railroad lines brought steady streams of invalids and vacationers from St. Louis, Memphis, and Little Rock, and the town's population swelled each season. Residents knew Hot Springs as a health resort first, a place where the bathing trade, not farming or manufacturing, set the rhythm of daily life.
| Created / published | 1888 |
|---|---|
| Creator | henry wellge & co, wellge, h. (henry), beck & pauli |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Arkansas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,416 × 5,120 px · prints to 28 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Hot Springs, Ark |
| Reference | AR-HotSprings-1888 |
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