1909 Ad Virginia Hot Springs Resort Chesapeake Ohio RR - ORIGINAL CL7 Packard Mausoleo) Photograph by Herbert Ricke

Mausoleo) Photograph by Herbert Ricke

155 Worth Street in New York City

Progressive Movement

This piece was illustrated by Edrop

1909 Ad Virginia Hot Springs Resort Chesapeake Ohio RR - ORIGINAL CL7 Packard Mausoleo) Photograph by Herbert RickeThis is an original 1909 black and white print ad for Virginia Hot Springs with transportation via The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. Perhaps most interesting about this ad is its claim to cure Rheumatism, gout and nervous diseases. Built in 1766 by Thomas Bullitt, the luxury resort hosted an array of United States Presidents. Around 1888, J. P. Morgan and his investors rebuilt the hotel from the ground up; however the building was destroyed in a fire in