West Baden Springs Hotel, Photo 17B
| Description: |
View of the golf course of the West Baden Springs Hotel in Summer. This version of the hotel opened in 1902 after the previous West Baden hotel, erected in 1851, burned down the previous year. 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. |
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| Origin: | Circa 1920 |
| Publisher: |
Digital image 2015 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Source: |
http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/dc013/id/903 |
| 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--Indianapolis |
| Subjects: |
West Baden Springs Hotel (West Baden, Ind.) Health resorts Historic buildings |
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