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10 photos and 35 illustrations tagged spa, from 7 members of Flickr Commons.

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• British Library 33 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 5 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 3 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Medicine 1 photo / illustration
• State Library of Queensland 1 photo / illustration
• National Library of Scotland 1 photo / illustration
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British Library digitised image from page 373 of "Historical collections of Virginia ... relating to its history and antiquities; together with geographical and statistical descriptions. To which is appended an historical and descriptive sketch of the Dis

from British Library

• chico945 said:

  Please rotate image.

• British Library said:

  Done, thanks!

German sentry, Spa (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• xiphophilos said:

  Date given in the margin is 3-11-19. More info on the International Armistice Commission: discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14351

• B-59 said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spa,_Belgium See also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/31089999372/

• Art Siegel said:

  Caption in Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs [1919]: " American officer passing German sentinel in front of Armistice Commission grounds. Spa, Belgium. December 5, 1918. " archive.org/stream/cu31924027944598#page/n435/mode/2up

• B-59 said:

  A cropped version of this photo is in 'The American Legion Monthly', Volume 7, No. 5 (November 1929), p. 10 with the caption: "An American member of the Armistice Commission staff about to enter the Hotel Britannique at Spa, where the sessions were held. The German sentry seems about to present him with a highball" archive.org/stream/americanlegionmo75amer#page/10/mode/2up

• B-59 said:

  From February 1918 until the end of the war, the headquarters of the German Army were in the Hotel Britannique at Spa. It is now a residential school. www.internat-britannique.be/fr/internat-le-britannique/hi... (in French) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Britannique_(Spa) (in German)

New York, New York. Getting a manicure while drying hair at Francois de Paris, a hairdresser on Eighth Street (LOC)

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• 1 older comment, and then…
• Avant-Gardenist said:

  shift forward now, into the past, by way of steam'shop
  .

• In Memoriam: budderflyman said:

  I think most hair salons look about the same today, LOL

• nicksartworld said:

  salute to the old days

• -Steve Roe- said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Mr Digby's Cabinet of Curiosities, and we'd love to have this added to the group!