The Davis Wells; The Davis Baths Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title The Davis Wells; The Davis Baths

Date

  • Creation: 1920?

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Pictured here is a semi-ornate brick building (with a socle presumably of stone), advertising the Davis Wells and the Davis Baths. This enterprise is not listed in A.F. Weaver's "TIME WAS in Mineral Wells...." The picture appears to have been excerpted from a larger photograph, as the legend "Davis Baths" (not visible in the picture) appears on the negative. Polk's Directory for 1920 lists "Davis Mineral Baths" (proprietor, Dr. Eldred A.--the "A" stands for "Albany"--Davis) at "210 1/2 N. Oak Avenue." The business cannot be found in the 1909 or 1914 Polk's Directories. However, the 1914 Polk's Directory shows a Dr. Davis as living at 514 East Throckmorton [presently, in 2014, NE 1st Street] with his wife, Helen. The name of the bath house was changed to the "Buck Head" (or "Buckhead", as some sources have it) at some as yet unknown date.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture
  • Keyword: bath houses
  • Keyword: mineral baths

Primary Source

  • Item is not a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Palo Pinto County - Mineral Wells
  • Time Period: mod-tim

Collection

  • Name: A. F. Weaver Collection
    Code: AFWC

Institution

  • Name: Boyce Ditto Public Library
    Code: BDPL

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: AWO_0575N
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth60884
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