"Deserted Chamber", No. 17 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"
Chas. Waldack
1866
Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Dimensions
Each image: 7.6 × 7.6 cm (3 × 3 in.); Card: 8.5 × 17.6 cm (3 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
photography
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
199726
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Text printed on reverse of stereocard: "DESERTED CHAMBER," Is a dreary looking room about 100 feet in length. The guide in the picture is entering the chamber from the narrow passage beneath the "Giant's Coffin." In "Wooden Bowl Chamber" adjoining this apartment a curious looking Indian bowl was found. The Indians used long reeds filled with deer's fat as torches to guide them through the cave.