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c1929 vintage IDAHO SPRINGS HOTEL colorado RADIUM BATHS RHEUMATISM medical AD
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DESCRIPTION
Fascinating circa 1929 double-sided advertising and medical promotional sheet for the Idaho Springs Hotel & Radium Baths at Idaho Springs, Colorado. The piece promotes the resort’s “Radium Tunnel Baths” and combines period health advertising, testimonials, a medical questionnaire, and advertising for Battle Creek Sanitarium Health Foods.
One side is dominated by the dramatic headline “CURE RHEUMATISM” and promotes treatment for a remarkable range of ailments and conditions.
Highlights include:
- Idaho Springs Hotel & Radium Baths, Idaho Springs, Colorado
- Battle Creek Sanitarium Health Foods advertising
- Large CURE RHEUMATISM headline
- Promotes Radium Tunnel Baths
- Claims treatments for sciatica, inflammatory, articular and spinal rheumatism, neuritis, lumbago, gout, colic, flu, grippe, alcoholic conditions, and lead, blood and mercurial poisoning
- Numerous period patient testimonials
- Testimonials discuss rheumatism, liver trouble, high blood pressure, Bright’s disease, sciatica, neuritis and other ailments
- References Denver and the natural heat of “Mother Earth”
- Interesting example of the early 20th-century enthusiasm for radium-based health treatments
The reverse is headed “How Do You Feel Today? What IS the Matter With YOU Anyway?” and contains an unused form addressed “TO THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR.”
The medical questionnaire asks for information including:
- Name, address, city and telephone
- Medical condition and home physician
- Length of time under a doctor’s care
- Age, vocation and marital status
- Pulse, temperature and respiration
- Blood pressure
- Personal and family history
- Respiratory, circulatory, digestive, genito-urinary and nervous systems
- Diet and drugs
- Checklist of ailments and conditions
At upper right is a particularly attractive illustrated advertisement for Idaho Springs Hot Springs Radium Baths, advertising Tunnel Baths, Swimming Pool, Hotel Rooms, Auto Cottages, Auditorium and Dancing, with a Native American-themed period graphic. It also states “55 Minutes West of Denver—35 Miles.”
The lower portion carries Rocky Mountain AAA Motorists and Kiwanis emblems. Printed code “B 4-29” appears at bottom, suggesting an April 1929 printing/date code.
MEASUREMENTS:
Approximately 6.25 x 10.5 inches.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
CONDITION: See listing description and photos.
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LOC2: PAPERBOX39-TMKTK-F2609BCG600G
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