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Apollo at the Dells Inn 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
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- about 1865–1875
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 9b759815-67a5-4de7-b3bd-fe98d83955fa
View of the steamboat Apollo docked in front of the Dells Inn on the Wisconsin River. The rock formations known as the Wisconsin Dells line the river on both sides. The roof of the inn, with painted letters, can be seen through the trees on top of one of the rock formations.
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