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A work made of albumen print, stereo.

View from "Bridge of Sighs", No. 20 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"

1866

Chas. Waldack American, active 1860s

New York

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.

Albumen print, stereo

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