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Henry Hamilton Bennett — Interior View, Libby Prison, from the series "Views at Libby Prison, Chicago"

Henry Hamilton Bennett

Interior View, Libby Prison, from the series "Views at Libby Prison, Chicago"

1893

Part of Bennett's documentation of historical recreations in Chicago, capturing the interior of the notorious Confederate prison. The stereo format emphasizes the cramped, oppressive conditions that made Libby Prison synonymous with Civil War suffering.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo

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Henry Hamilton Bennett, Interior View, Libby Prison, from the series "Views at Libby Prison, Chicago", 1893

Part of Bennett's documentation of historical recreations in Chicago, capturing the interior of the notorious Confederate prison. The stereo format emphasizes the cramped, oppressive conditions that made Libby Prison synonymous with Civil War suffering.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Year
1893
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Prison, Albumen Print, Stereo Photograph, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Photograph, Prison Interior, Historical, Interior, 1893, Architecture, Historical Documentation, Stereoview, Black and White

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