Aiken, S. C., as a Winter Resort


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This is a promotional brochure for Aiken, South Carolina, touting the town as an ideal winter destination for those seeking a warm and sunny escape from the northern winters. The brochure includes information on the town's history, climate, attractions, and accommodations. This book is an interesting artifact of early 20th-century travel advertising and a fascinating look at the history of tourism in the American South. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.



















Aiken S. C., as a Winter Resort (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Aiken S. C., As a Winter Resort His is a new house built of wood and finished in beau tiful yellow pine. It has large rooms'and hallways. Heated throughout by open fireplaces and a furnace. There are electric bells in each room. Piazzas are on 'each side of the building, and sunrooms on both floors. The bedrooms are Single or en suite. There are waterworks, giving a sup ply of soft water, also bath rooms and water closets - all modern and first-class. Sanitary conditions are perfect. The Situation is fine, being on the brow 'of a hill sur rounded by a growth of pines, a short distance from busi ness street, postoffice and'churches.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.










Aiken, South Carolina


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