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On the Trip to the Mammoth Cave
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Hölzlhuber journeyed from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, and from there took a train south to Cave City, from which passengers boarded a stagecoach for the ten miles to Mammoth Cave. In the background is drawn the Mammoth Cave Hotel on the Green River, where he stayed for the night before exploring the cave itself. Taken from Hölzlhuber's description of the scene, translated by Vera Kroner.
1858
Hölzlhuber, Franz, 1826-1898
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Forest City in Upper Canada
1858
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The New Synagogue in Ward II
1858
A view of the Synagogue with a one-horse carriage in the foreground. Hölzlhuber occupied the position of organist and choirmaster for this congregation until he departed for Europe in May 1860. T...
A Steamboat Trip on Fox River in Wisconsin
1858
Departing from Lake Winnebago, Hölzlhuber boarded the Plymouth, a high, narrow steamboat that was built specially for navigating the narrow and sometimes overgrown Fox River. The steamer accommodat...
Steamers on the Tributaries of the Mississippi
1858
In August 1858, Hölzlhuber traveled up the St. Croix River to Stillwater, Minnesota, on the steamship Winona. He noted the upper Mississippi's tributaries were too narrow to admit steamships with t...
Frankfurt Didaskalia
1858
A depiction of groups of people viewing a panorama of landscapes on red walls in a large room, some seated at round tables. This sketch accompanies an Austrian newspaper article published July 27,...
Carl Klaner's Farm near Woodstock in Canada
1859
Mr. Klaner, who had just come from Elberfeld to Canada in 1858, purchased this farm and worked it with his wife and children. Initially they were plagued by numerous rattlesnakes nesting under fell...
