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Up River from Cold Water Canon Dells of the Wisconsin
Creator
Henry Hamilton BennettAmerican Photographer · 1843–1908
All works by this person →His right hand crippled from a wound suffered during the Civil War and seeking a new career, Henry Hamilton Bennett bought a photographic studio in his hometown of Kilbourn, Wisconsin (later renamed Wisconsin Dells). He built most of his own equipment, from his camera to a stereograph-mounting machine. Ever the inventor, he developed an instantaneous shutter that allowed him to stop action and bui
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- about 1865–1875
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
A man sits in a canoe on the Wisconsin River. Rock formations that make up the Wisconsin Dells line both sides of the river. Forests cover the rock formations and the surrounding landscape.
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