Tim Johnson Postcard Collection
 
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    Identifier

    FLSC_TJPC_01272017_0603

    Description

    This color photographic postcard features the Waconda Springs Sanitarium. The three story building has a wrap around porch and a green automobile on the left side. Three children sit on the steps and one person leans on the porch railing. Signage is erected in front of the building. There is typed print on the back of the card.

    Physical Description

    4"x 5" photographic postcard

    Subject

    Waconda Springs (Kan.), Mitchell County (Kan.), Health resorts, Therapeutic baths, Bathhouses, Salt-water, Advertisements

    Rights

    This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S.Code)

    Publisher

    Digitized by FHSU Digital Collections

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    Language

    eng

    Transcription

    Waconda Sanitarium and Great Spirit Springs, Mitchell County, Kansas, on Highway #24. This Spring is 54 feet in diameter and situated on top of a mound. First record by General Pike in 1814; an Indian Shrine for centuries, famous for health producing waters. Sanitarium was founded in 1906.

    Postcard: Springs, Waconda Springs, Park Here

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