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Byron Hot Springs Postcard Collection [148068]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Postcards Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Byron Hot Springs Postcard Collection [148068]
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25.00USD+ (6.25) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 Feb 19 @ 11:53UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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About 60 vintage postcards from Byron Hot Springs; including the Southern Pacific Depot dated 1914.People and animals alike were attracted to the salt springs, and in 1863 the Risdon family filed for a land patent for 160 acres, with the hot springs on the center. Then it was bought by the Mead family, who made the place into a hotel in 1889, which only lasted until 1901 before burning down. A second hotel was built in 1901 and stayed up until 1912, when it was also destroyed by fire. The retreat attracted many wealthy people and celebrities for the “health benefits” of the hot, sulfurous waters that sprung from the ground. The third hotel was built in 1913 and closed in 1938 after lawsuits and the death of resort founder Lewis Mead.

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State: California
City: Byron Hot Springs
Provenance: Ken Prag Collection