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RG2.B2.F16 - Excerpts
This photocopy from Lady Luxborough Goes to Bath describes taking the waters at Bath in England in 1752.. Lady Luxborough suffered and was ill so consequently visited the spa. The bathing costume is described as is the Pump Room with its musical intertainment. Rules for Bath are listed. The Yellow Springs Spa in America can be said to follow this form without the formality of the English spa.
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RG2.B2.F22 - Magazine article
This article describes the spas north of the Thames River in London. Discussed are the gardens, gazebos, restaurants, dance hallls and card rooms. Leafy walks, tea parties and balls complete the spa scene. From London spas to the spas of Yellow Springs, one can find the same landscape and activities.
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RG2.B2.F23 - Magazine articles
This series of newspaper and magazine articles discuss the spas of Europe. Descriptions of Baden-Baden, Spa, Vichy, Carlsbad and Bath are given and illustrate how the Early American settlers fashioned their spas after this Euopean model. The inns and restaurants, the gardens, games of chance, the tea parties can all be seen at the Yellow Springs Spa. A daily schedule of the day at a spa is listed. One could escape the city life and meet old f...
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RG2.B2.F9 - Excerpts
The book, English Spas, attempts to tell the story of spas from the social history rather than the typical medicinal side. It is meant to study and re-create the life of the most brilliant period of spas which began with the Restoration and ended with the Regency. From the pagan rites with water to the holy wells, to the 18th century spa life, the baths played an important part of the English life. There were amenities and proprieties along wi...
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