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Leaping the Chasm

Date: 1886
Description: Ashley Bennett, son of photographer H.H. Bennett, is captured in mid-air as he jumps to Stand Rock.
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Tourists at Cold Water Canyon

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Description: Unidentified group of tourists posing standing in Cold Water Canyon. There is a man in the background on the left with a camera.
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Bennett Studio

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Description: Bennett Studio, 200 block of Broadway, Kilbourn, Wisconsin. Post office next door.
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H.H. Bennett Studio

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Description: Exterior view of the H.H. Bennett Studio storefront, in Kilbourn (former name of the Wisconsin Dells). A display case of Bennett's images is on the wooden ...
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Boat and Dark Tent at Gates Ravine

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Description: Boat and dark tent at Gates Ravine. One man is sitting in a boat on the water. Another man is in the foreground sitting on the rock face near the shoreline...
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H.H. Bennett and Camera Near Steamboat Rock

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Description: H.H. Bennett with camera near Steamboat Rock. There is a man on shore reading, and a woman in a canoe at the edge of the river.
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Henry H. Bennett and his Sister Sarah

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Description: Studio portrait of Henry H. and Sarah Bennett. Henry is wearing the uniform of Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteers.
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The Crandall Family

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Description: Studio portrait of the family of George Crandall, son-in-law of Henry Hamilton (H.H.) Bennett. This portrait includes Hattie, Bennett's daughter from his f...
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Ashley Bennett on a Bicycle

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Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young Ashley Bennett posing on a bicycle.
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In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River — On the Way to Stand Rock #90

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Description: Stereograph of Bennett's crew hauling a portable darkroom through a pond of water. They are on their way to Stand Rock. Text at right: "Wanderings Among th...
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Bennett Studio at Winter

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Description: Ice-coated tree branches outside Bennett Studio in the winter.
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Mrs. A.S. Richards

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Description: Stereograph of Mrs. A.S. Richards posing with a camera and tripod over her shoulder among boulders. There is a box, probably holding glass-plate negatives,...

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