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Drinking hot water at one of the fountains, Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1910

Card type
Lithograph

About this subject

A crowd of men in suits, suspenders and straw hats gathers around an ornate stone fountain in a tree-shaded park, one man drinking from a cup at the spout. A commercial building and street are visible at the left edge.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hello Mable. Word to you that this has this This beautiful has this morning Sam taking that and drinking that that Corner from [illegible] road from the saw for [illegible] there was the for the there was B. and the there was some talk there was you new time talk

Stamp
Addressed to
Mable Thornton

128 South Main st, South Bend, Ind

Postcard record

Series7720
ConditionGood
Place depictedHot Springs, AR
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesColorized printed view; no white border; light edge and corner wear; small ink-like smudge near lower center. Postmark: none readable (wavy flag cancel over 'POST CARD', no city/date text legible). Divided-back card; 1c green Franklin stamp; pencil '11/9/12' written in the address area. Front is a color litho view of Hot Springs, Ark.

Cite this card

Drinking hot water at one of the fountains, Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/drinking-hot-water-at-one-of-the-fountains-hot-springs-arkan. Accessed October 5, 2026.