Art Institute of Chicago
"Bottomless Pit" and "Bridge of Sighs", No. 19 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"
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- Date
- 1866
- Medium
- Albumen print, stereo
- Culture
- New York
- Department
- Photography and Media
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 199727
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Text printed on reverse of stereocard: "BOTTOMLESS PIT" AND "BRIDGE OF SIGNS." Are on the main route to "Echo River" and a mile and a half from the entrance. The pit is of an immense depth and over it is thrown a substantial wooden bridge, across which visitors pass in the long route and towards "Pensacola Avenue." The pit presents a sight of awful sublimity when its steep sides are lighted up by the guide.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Harold Allen
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- Object type
- AAT300046300
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