Antique c1905-1925 French Lick Springs Hotel Pluto Water Physicians Diet Booklet For Sale

🏛️ ANTIQUE c. 1905–1925 FRENCH LICK SPRINGS HOTEL — PHYSICIANS’ DIET LISTS & PLUTO WATER BOOKLET 🏛️

AN INTRIGUING SURVIVOR FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA’S GREAT MINERAL-SPRING RESORT HOTELS!

Step back more than a century into the fascinating world of the legendary French Lick Springs Hotel in French Lick, Indiana, once celebrated as one of America’s premier health and luxury resort destinations.

Offered here is an original antique “DIET LISTS (FOR PHYSICIANS’ USE)” booklet, distributed compliments of the French Lick Springs Hotel Company and promoting the celebrated resort known as “The Home of Pluto Water.”

This unusual piece of historical advertising offers a captivating glimpse into an era when elaborate resort hotels, mineral-water treatments, medical supervision, and carefully prescribed diets were closely intertwined.

Unlike ordinary hotel postcards or souvenir brochures, this booklet was specifically intended for physicians, making it a particularly interesting example of early American medical and resort AGE & HISTORICAL PERIOD

Estimated date: Circa 1905–1925

This booklet is believed to date to the early decades of the twentieth century, potentially including the Edwardian period.

Its typography, printed hotel illustration, promotional language, medical dietary recommendations, and overall presentation are consistent with early twentieth-century advertising and medical publications.

The booklet’s subject matter also reflects an era when physicians frequently prescribed specialized diets alongside mineral-water regimens and therapeutic stays at fashionable health resorts.

The exact publication year has not been established. The circa 1905–1925 date range is an informed historical estimate rather than a confirmed printing A FASCINATING LOOK INSIDE

This booklet contains an assortment of historical dietary recommendations, medical reference information, and advertising associated with the French Lick Springs Hotel and its famous Pluto Water.

Among its contents are:

• Dietary lists identified alphabetically, including Diets A–K

• Foods recommended or restricted for different dietary requirements

• Historical advice concerning meats, fish, vegetables, fruits, breads, beverages, and desserts

• Nutritional and food-composition reference information

• Mineral-water information associated with Pluto Water

• Period quotations and humorous verses concerning eating, digestion, and health

• Promotional material identifying the French Lick Springs Hotel Company

The recommendations are particularly fascinating when viewed through the lens of modern medical history, revealing how dramatically dietary science and medical practice have evolved.

The booklet’s exterior features a beautifully detailed period illustration of the magnificent French Lick Springs Hotel, accompanied by the memorable advertising slogan:

“The Home of Pluto Water”

This is not simply a piece of resort advertising. It is a tangible reminder of the time when America’s grand hotels marketed themselves as destinations for both luxurious relaxation and improved THE LEGENDARY FRENCH LICK SPRINGS HOTEL

French Lick, Indiana, became internationally known for its mineral springs, magnificent resort hotels, and prominent visitors during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The French Lick Springs Hotel was closely associated with the famous Pluto Water, a mineral water extensively promoted for its purported therapeutic properties.

At the height of the resort’s popularity, French Lick attracted wealthy vacationers, business leaders, politicians, celebrities, and travelers seeking the benefits of its mineral springs.

Today, surviving historical materials associated with the hotel offer collectors an opportunity to explore this remarkable chapter of American resort, advertising, and medical history.

This particular booklet is especially interesting because it connects the hotel’s famous promotional identity with the medical and dietary practices of its DIMENSIONS

• Length: Approximately 5¼ inches

• Width: Approximately 3 inches

• Thickness: Approximately ¼ inch

A compact, pocket-sized historical CONDITION — PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

This is an authentic, visibly aged antique paper booklet showing cosmetic wear consistent with its estimated age and long history.

The exterior exhibits noticeable overall discoloration, age toning, handling wear, surface marks, scattered spotting and staining, creases, softened corners, and wear along the edges and folds.

The interior pages also show age-related toning and occasional handling marks or minor imperfections.

Importantly, the booklet remains structurally solid, its printed contents are readable, and it has never been written in or filled out.

Despite its cosmetic aging, the original illustrations, printed lettering, dietary information, and historical advertising remain clearly identifiable.

This is not a pristine or professionally restored example. It is an original antique paper collectible that has survived with the visible evidence of its age.

Please examine all photographs carefully, including the detailed close-ups, as they form an important part of the condition description.

The booklet will be carefully handled and securely packaged for IMPORTANT — GROUP PHOTOGRAPH #24

Photograph #24 is a group photograph featuring three separate pieces of historic French Lick Springs Hotel and West Baden Springs Hotel memorabilia from my personal collection, along with a U.S. dime and ruler for size and scale reference.

THIS LISTING IS FOR THE ANTIQUE FRENCH LICK SPRINGS HOTEL PHYSICIANS’ DIET LISTS BOOKLET ONLY.

The other two historical pieces, the dime, and the ruler are shown solely for comparison, historical context, and size reference. They are NOT included in this sale.

Each historical piece is being offered separately in its own individual AN UNUSUAL PIECE OF AMERICAN RESORT HISTORY

An appealing addition to collections devoted to:

• French Lick Springs Hotel and West Baden Springs Hotel history

• Pluto Water and early mineral-water advertising

• Antique medical and pharmaceutical ephemera

• Historic American resort hotels

• Indiana history and memorabilia

• Early twentieth-century printed advertising

• Antique dietetics, nutrition, and medical publications

• Edwardian-era and early American travel memorabilia

Whether displayed alongside other French Lick memorabilia or preserved within a specialized collection of historical paper, this booklet offers a fascinating connection to the golden age of America’s grand health SHIPPING

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