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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.F27 - Excerpts
Selected photocopies are from "Letters Descriptive of The Virginia Springs - the Roads Leading Thereto; and the Doings Thereat - 1834-1836. These letters describe life at the spa and describe the bathing outfit, amusements such as the ten-pin alley, walks, horses, the coaches to transport, the diseases the waters "cured". The buildings are pictured in detail with ballrooms, springhouses and lodging facilities. The food was delicious, music ex...
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RG2.B2.F29 - Excerpts
These photocopied excerpts give a history of the American spas' 150 years in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It begins with the origins of springs and gives the history of the Greek and Roman watering places. It lists the dieseases and cures practiced. The spas grew to become fashionable places for social visits as well as the visits of those ill and seeking cures. Exhibiting ones equipages and wardrobes was important. This is described. Comp...
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RG2.B2.F43 - Correspondence
This original letter describes research done for creating a bathing costume of the 19th century. Several drawings and illustrations are given The difficulty of pinpointing the exact style is discussed. A brochure for ordering stays is also included.
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RG2.B2.F5 - Documents
This folder contains a collection of letters, drawings and descriptions of the bathing costume for women worn at the Yellow Springs Spa in 1845. Dr. Igho Kornbleuh did some of the research and the drawing was done by Miss Hunsicker of the Library of the University of Pennsylvania. Other references to the costume are included.
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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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RG4.B35.F7 - Photographs and etchings
This is a photocopy from the computer of a woman wearing an Annette Kellerman bathing suit. It was a fitted one piece suit c. 1907. It is said Kellerman promoted women's right to wear this suit and she was arrested for indecency.
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