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Henry Hamilton Bennett — Down the old Quarry Road near Frontenac on Lake Pepin, , No. 1545 from the series "Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi"

Henry Hamilton Bennett

Down the old Quarry Road near Frontenac on Lake Pepin, , No. 1545 from the series "Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi"

1870

Bennett's stereoscopic technique transforms a simple country road into an immersive journey through Mississippi River bluff country, capturing the pastoral beauty that attracted 19th-century tourists.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo

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Henry Hamilton Bennett, Down the old Quarry Road near Frontenac on Lake Pepin, , No. 1545 from the series "Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi", 1870

Bennett's stereoscopic technique transforms a simple country road into an immersive journey through Mississippi River bluff country, capturing the pastoral beauty that attracted 19th-century tourists.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Year
1870
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

River, Monochrome, Albumen Print, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Photograph, Scenic, Landscape, Nature

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