"Wandering Willie's Spring", No. 12 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"

Description

Text printed on reverse of stereocard:

"WANDERING WILLIE'S SPRING," is a small rill of water trickling down from the roof and the wall of rock on the left hand side of the Main Cave beyond the "Rotunda" and "Methodist Church." It is named after a country violinist who wandered away from his party, had his lamp extinguished and was found lying asleep beside the spring. On the left will be observed some names of visitors cut on the rock. The spring is about half a mile from the entrance.

"Wandering Willie's Spring", No. 12 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"

Chas. Waldack

1866

Accession Number

197657

Medium

Albumen print, stereo

Dimensions

Each image: 7.5 × 7.7 cm (3 × 3 1/16 in.); Card: 8.4 × 17.5 cm (3 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Classification

photography

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Harold Allen