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Mammoth Cave, Edmondson Co., Ky.: The acute angle – Vintage Print

Mammoth Cave, Edmondson Co., Ky.: The acute angle, c1898. — historic photograph
Mammoth Cave, Edmondson Co., Ky.: The acute angle, c1898.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Mammoth Cave, Edmondson Co., Ky.: The acute angle

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Few caves in America were photographed as often as Mammoth Cave in Edmondson County, Kentucky, and this stereograph stands out for its focus on "The Acute Angle," the caption's name for a sharply turned passage in the cave. Stereo cards like this one were sold in sets and viewed through a hand stereoscope, so the paired images gave depth to dim underground spaces that most visitors would never otherwise see. The card carries a copyright notice in the name of Ben Hains of New Albany, Indiana, a publisher of stereoviews, and it dates from about 1898, when the cave was a major tourist destination reached by rail and guided tours. Its caption and tracings are old and unverified, so the exact location of the passage is best read as the publisher's own label.

Created / publishedc1898.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsStereo copyrighted by Ben Hains, New Albany, Ind. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Caves; Ky.--M- C-; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 868 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-135650

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