"Deserted Chamber", No. 17 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"

Description

Text printed on reverse of stereocard:

"DESERTED CHAMBER,"
Is a dreary looking room about 100 feet in length. The guide in the picture is entering the chamber from the narrow passage beneath the "Giant's Coffin." In "Wooden Bowl Chamber" adjoining this apartment a curious looking Indian bowl was found. The Indians used long reeds filled with deer's fat as torches to guide them through the cave.

"Deserted Chamber", No. 17 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"

Chas. Waldack

1866

Accession Number

199726

Medium

Albumen print, stereo

Dimensions

Each image: 7.6 × 7.6 cm (3 × 3 in.); Card: 8.5 × 17.6 cm (3 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

Classification

photography

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Harold Allen