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Aiken, South Carolina, circa 1905. "Park in the Pines Hotel." Of the resort's eponymous evergreens, it was claimed that "the exhalations from this tree exert a soothing and purifying effect upon the mucous membrane of the respiratory passages." At least until the place burned down in 1913. View full size.
According to the New York Times "Winter vacationing New Yorkers ran for their lives", leaving valuables in the rooms when the fire broke out on Feb 2nd 1913. The only part of the hotel that survived was the dining room wing.
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