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Henry Hamilton Bennett — Unloading Coal, No. 934 from the series "Milwaukee and Vicinity"

Henry Hamilton Bennett

Unloading Coal, No. 934 from the series "Milwaukee and Vicinity"

1880

Industrial labor becomes art through Bennett's stereoscopic documentation, preserving the vital commercial activity that drove Milwaukee's economy in the Gilded Age.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo

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Henry Hamilton Bennett, Unloading Coal, No. 934 from the series "Milwaukee and Vicinity", 1880

Industrial labor becomes art through Bennett's stereoscopic documentation, preserving the vital commercial activity that drove Milwaukee's economy in the Gilded Age.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Year
1880
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Industrial, Monochrome, Albumen Print, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Photograph, Labor, Historical, Black and White

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