Henry Hamilton Bennett
Lincoln Monument in Lincoln Park, from the series "Chicago and Vicinity"
1887
Bennett's stereo photography chronicles Chicago's civic monuments during the city's rapid post-fire reconstruction and cultural development. The albumen print captures both the memorial's artistic ambitions and its role in the city's emerging cultural identity.
- Medium
- Albumen print, stereo
More by Henry Hamilton Bennett
Looking through the Ferris Wheel, near the top, from the series "Chicago and Vicinity"
1893
Looking in at West entrance, by Electric light, No. 1550 from the series "St. Paul Ice Carnival"
1886
View of the C.M. & St. Paul Railway, near Hastings, No. 1509 from the series "Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi"
1870
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