View from "Bridge of Sighs", No. 20 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"
Chas. Waldack
1866
Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Dimensions
Each image: 7.8 × 7.6 cm (3 1/8 × 3 in.); Card: 8.6 × 17.5 cm (3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
photography
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
199723
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Text printed on reverse of stereocard: VIEW FROM "BRIDGE OF SIGNS" Shows a part of Shelby's Dome overhanging the terrible pit. It is wild and dreary beyond conception. The dark avenue to the right is inaccessible to human footsteps, that is supposed to lead a vast distance further into the bowels of the earth.