West Baden Springs Hotel, View of the Atrium Interior, 1906

Description:	The West Baden Springs Hotel opened in 1902 with a newly constructed building that was centered on a domed circular atrium. Advertised as the Eighth Wonder of the World it featured the worlds third largest unsupported dome. Besides offering mineral water treatments to visitors, the hotel provided golf, horseback riding, billiards, bowling, baseball, swimming, hiking, bicycling, a movie theater and stage shows, and gambling. This view shows the interior of the atrium as it was in 1906 decorated with flags and large portraits of President Abraham Lincoln, Indiana Governor Morton, General Ulysses S. Grant, and other Civil War generals. This was probably taken during a convention of Civil War veterans. The original nitrate negative was copied with funds provided by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission in 1990. This digital image was created from that copy. The copy prints and negatives are stored in Microfiche Number order. Interpositives are stored in PAN number order.
Origin:	1906
Created By:	Bretzman, Charles F.
Publisher:	Digital image2012 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Source:	http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/dc013/id/482
Collection:	Panoramic Photograph Images
Copyright:	This image may be printed or downloaded by individuals, schools or libraries for personal use, study, research or classroom teaching without permission. For other uses contact: visualcollections@indianahistory.org.
Geography:	Indiana--Orange County--West Baden Springs
Subjects:	West Baden Springs Hotel (West Baden, Ind.) Hotels Health resorts Sulphur springs Flags Patriotism United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Veterans Historic buildings

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