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Plunge Bath 1890 W R Cross. Photograph. Mounted albumen photograph measures 9\" x 7\" with W. R. Cross imprint on verso. Mount measures 10\" x 8\". This photograph depicts an exterior view of Evan\'s Plunge Bath with several horse-drawn carriages parked in front of the large structure. Cross\' studio imprint on verso reads: \"W. R. Cross, Portrait & View Photographer, Gallery two blocks south of Minnekahta Hotel on Chicago Ave. Hot Springs, S. Dak. Views and Indian Scenes constantly on hand. Pictures copied & enlarged. Black Hills and Hot Springs Views, Bad Lands Scenery.\" Photograph taken circa 1900. Photograph is in very good condition with light soiling and minor scratching affecting content; mount has moderate soiling, toning and wear to all edges, dampstaining along botto
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Plunge Bath 1890
Author: Cross, W. R.
Binding: Photograph
Description: Photograph. Mounted albumen photograph measures 9\" x 7\" with W. R. Cross imprint on verso. Mount measures 10\" x 8\". This photograph depicts an exterior view of Evan\'s Plunge Bath with several horse-drawn carriages parked in front of the large structure. Cross\' studio imprint on verso reads: \"W. R. Cross, Portrait & View Photographer, Gallery two blocks south of Minnekahta Hotel on Chicago Ave. Hot Springs, S. Dak. Views and Indian Scenes constantly on hand. Pictures copied & enlarged. Black Hills and Hot Springs Views, Bad Lands Scenery.\" Photograph taken circa 1900. Photograph is in very good condition with light soiling and minor scratching affecting content; mount has moderate soiling, toning and wear to all edges, dampstaining along bottom edge and a pinhole on top edge; light marginalia and dampstaining on verso. Evan\'s Plunge Bath was built by philanthropist Fred Evans in 1890 and is still in operation today. The largest mineral springs plunge bath in the United States, many tourists flocked to the springs during the late 19th and early 20th centuries for its healing qualities. William Richard Cross (1839-1907) , photographer of the Nebraska and South Dakota frontier, acquired a gallery from J. W. Pike in Hot Springs around 1888, and opened another studio on the Minnekahta Block in 1900. Cross was kept busy photographing the growing town, Native Americans living at the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and the spectacular scenery of the Black Hills..
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