U.S. National Parks – Object #4

The Entrance to the Government Reservation, Hot Springs

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<p>Black and white photograph of the old entrance to the Government Reservation in Hot Springs, Arkansas.  Two buildings are on either side of a driveway to the a public spring, with staircases which lead to a covered lookout point on the side of a hill.</p>

Picture of the old entrance to the Government Reservation (National Park), Hot Springs, Arkansas, taken between 1896 and 1901.

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Detroit Publishing Co., Publisher. The Entrance, Government Reservation, Hot Springs, Ark. Arkansas Hot Springs Hot Springs. United States, None. [Between 1896 and 1901] Photograph.