Black &amp; white negative (safety, acetate), photo record card; Happy Hollow Fountain dedication; Fountain St.; holding up jug of water from fountain, passing jug, on left edge of image a sign can be seen on tree behind crowd; Superintendent Raymond Gregg is handing the water jug to either Willis Davis or William Ross--festivities called for the presentation of a bottle of spring water to the man or woman who had visited the spring earliest of all celebrants. Davis and Ross tied for the honor. The ceremony was to commemorate the Happy Hollow Spring coming into park ownership, after a land swap with the Arlington Hotel.
National Park Service Picture – Courtesy of Hot Springs National Park Archives
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