Postcard
Bethesda Spring
| View of Bethesda Spring. Caption reads: "Bethesda Spring, Waukesha, Wis." |
| Image ID: | 37212 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1910 |
| Creator Name: | E.C. Kropp Co. |
| City: | Waukesha |
| County: | Waukesha |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin place file, circa 1850s-circa 1950s |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PF Waukesha.4 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
| Located in Bethesda Park, it is the location where Col. Richard Dunbar first took of the "miraculous" water and was healed, leading to a resort and tourist industry that forever changed the course of development in Waukesha. That era lasted until about 1915, when modern medicine had debunked the claims of the healing powers of the water and the personal automobile had led to changes in the way that Americans vacationed. Bethesda water continued to be bottled until the late 1990s. At Bethesda Park, a simple brick structure covers the still-flowing spring. The trees planted to line the carriage paths of Dunbar's park beautification plan remain as visual reminders of Bethesda's past. (Description taken from wisconsinstories.org/2002season/water/journey.cfm) See Image ID 150772 for the same image from Wisconsin Postcard Collection. |
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| Resorts |
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| Cities and towns |
| Parks |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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