Hotel Guide, Highway Guide and Where to Go in Mineral Wells

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The cover page of a guide to the town of Mineral Wells, with information about the different types of water available, recreation activities, sanatoriums, and hotels is shown here. The clothes of the"Dyspeptic" illustrated at the bottom left suggest the late 1920's. Please note the gammadion (swastika) ribbons above and below the doggerel on the left side of the picture. The guide appears to have been printed considerably before the rise of the Nazis in Germany.

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1 paper pamphlet : 9 x 8 in.

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Mineral Wells Chamber of Commerce Creation Date: Unknown.

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The cover page of a guide to the town of Mineral Wells, with information about the different types of water available, recreation activities, sanatoriums, and hotels is shown here. The clothes of the"Dyspeptic" illustrated at the bottom left suggest the late 1920's.
Please note the gammadion (swastika) ribbons above and below the doggerel on the left side of the picture. The guide appears to have been printed considerably before the rise of the Nazis in Germany.

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1 paper pamphlet : 9 x 8 in.

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Mineral Wells Chamber of Commerce. Hotel Guide, Highway Guide and Where to Go in Mineral Wells, book, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16340/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.

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