Charles L. Waldack Mammoth Cave by Magnesium Light stereoviews
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Charles L. Waldack Mammoth Cave by Magnesium Light stereoviews
- Date
- 1866
- Creator
- Waldack, Charles
- Extent
- 0.06 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Mammoth Cave (Ky.) -- History.
- Mammoth Cave (Ky.)
- Photography, Stereoscopic.
- Waldack, Charles
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged in numerical order.
- Preferred Citation
- 2023av010 : [identification of item], Charles L. Waldack Mammoth Cave by Magnesium stereoviews, 1866, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Charles L. Waldack (1829-1882) immigrated to the United States from Belgium in 1857. He operated a photography studio in Cincinnati from 1857 to 1873. Waldack wrote about his experiences, observations, and techniques used in the expedition in the Philadelphia Photographer. Writer Horace C. Hovey honored Waldack by naming Waldack Dome in Mammoth Cave after the photographer.
- He married Kentucky born photographer, Mary Tanner Waldack (b. 1847) between 1870 and 1880. Mary took over Charles' studio in Cincinnati in 1881 after he left on an extended visit to Belgium, where he died in 1882. Mary Tanner Waldack owned and operated the studio until at least 1893.
- Scope and Content
- The Charles L. Waldack "Mammoth Cave by Magnesium Light" stereoviews (dated 1866; 0.06; 1 box) consist of 42 stereograph cards from negatives created by Charles L. Waldack of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and environs in 1866 by magnesium light. The stereograph card series was published by Edward and Henry T. Anthony of New York, New York. The series is numbered in sequence, provides titles for the images, and includes a brief description of the area of the cave system they individually depict.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The intellectual rights to the materials in this collection are the public domain. The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Cave Hotel, 1866
Curious Sand-Stone Rock; rock excavated from Mammoth Cave placed in yard of Cave Hotel, 1866
Path Leading To The Mouth Of The Cave; path from Cave Hotel to mouth of Mammoth Cave, 1866
Out For The Last Time; photographer of series with support staff, 1866
Mouth Of The Cave; entrance to Mammoth Cave, 1866
Mouth Of The Cave; entrance to Mammoth Cave with three guides, including Mat, an African-American guide who had worked cave tours for thirty years, 1866
Gothic Chapel; large cave interior with large stalactites, 1866
Column Of Hercules; large stalactite and stalagmite conglomeration with The Gothic Chapel, 1866
The Altar; stalactite formation, 1866
Devil's Arm Chair; stalactite formation in Gothic Avenue, 1866
End of "Gothic Avenue", the location of Elephant's Head and Lover's Leap formations, 1866
Wandering Willie's Spring; small rill of water trickling down the cave wall, 1866
Standing Rocks; free-standing rocks, 1866
Entrance To Rocky Hall, 1866
Giant's Coffin; large free-standing rock formation, 1866
Entrance to Long Route; low and narrow passageway, 1866
Deserted Chamber; 100 foot chamber, 1866
Gorin's Dome; 200 feet wide and 60 feet high, name after one of the former proprietors of Mammoth Cave, 1866
Bottomless Pit and Bridge of Sighs; deep pit and the bridge over it, 1866
View From The Bridge Of Sighs; show spart of Shelby's Dome, 1866
Beyond The Bridge Of Sighs; two guides after crossing the bridge, 1866
Pit Beneath The Bridge; view of the Bottomless Pit, 1866
Wild Hall; feature of Pensacola Avenue, 1866
Snowball Archway; ceiling with white gypsum deposits, 1866
Grand Crossing; the starting point of four avenues branching off main pathway, 1866
Angelica's Grotto; features Angelica's Couch and the Pine Apple Bush, 1866
Scotchman's Trap; small circular entrance that leads down to the river, 1866
Dining In Great Relief; entered through Fat Man's Misery, group of men being served bourbon, 1866
Bacon Chamber; projections from the roof resemble flitches of bacon, 1866
Bandit Hall; group of unidentified men dining among rocks, 1866
Pillars In The Mammoth Dome; 250 foot pillars, 1866
Corinthian Columns; columns within the Mammoth Dome, 1866
Cliffs Over The Dead Sea; unidentified men looking down at the body of water called "The Dead Sea", 1866
Ole Bull's Concert Room; Norwegian violinist Ole Bornemann Bull performed in this space when he visited, 1866
Hanging Rocks; feature of The Pass of El Ghor, 1866
Martha's Vineyard; ceiling over a portion of The Pass of El Ghor, 1866
Grape Clusters; detail of Martha's Vineyard feature, 1866
Snowball Chamber; ceiling resembles snowballs of various sizes, 1866
Mary's Bower; feature in Cleavland's Cabinet [sic], 1866
Rosa's Bower; gypsum formations in Cleavland's Cabinet [sic], 1866
Cross and Flower Garden, detail of a portion of the ceiling in Cleavland's Cabinet [sic]
The Last Rose Of Summer; gypsum formation in Cleveland Cabinet [sic], 1866
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