“Guilford Mineral Spring Water, Guilford, Vermont” bottle

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Following the religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening, many Americans strove for moral and physical perfection in an effort to hasten the second coming of Christ. “Hydropathy,” or water cures, became popular beginning in the 1840s. Practitioners encouraged patients to relieve their ailments by drinking cold mineral water or immersing in a cold bath. Following the Civil War, bottled beverages became available and health practitioners promoted drinking mineral water to help ease internal pains, as it was said to contain special ingredients that flushed the system. This bottle contained mineral water from the springs of Guilford, Vermont. It was shipped from there to Saratoga, New York, to be bottled and distributed.

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Item typeFood Storage Equipment
PlaceVermont
TopicFood, Cooking, Beverage, Alcohol
Medical, Health, Disease
EraNational Expansion and Reform, 1816–1860
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861–1877
Rise of Industrial America, 1878–1899
Progressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
MaterialGlass
Dimension detailsHeight: 9.37 in Width: 4.00 in
Catalog #1985.0024.018d
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Guilford Mineral Spring Water, Guilford, Vermont. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1985-0024-018d/. Accessed on December 8, 2024.

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