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- Oak Orchard Acid Springs Water Bottle, 1850-1870 - People have explored the health benefits of spring water for thousands of years. Natural springs became travel destinations and the restorative waters were touted as cures for everyday ill. As interest in these waters' potential curative powers grew in the nineteenth-century, entrepreneurs captured the perceived health-giving liquid in affordable glass bottles and sold it to consumers both near and far.
- 1850-1870
- Collections - Artifact
Oak Orchard Acid Springs Water Bottle, 1850-1870
People have explored the health benefits of spring water for thousands of years. Natural springs became travel destinations and the restorative waters were touted as cures for everyday ill. As interest in these waters' potential curative powers grew in the nineteenth-century, entrepreneurs captured the perceived health-giving liquid in affordable glass bottles and sold it to consumers both near and far.