Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Genuine stereo pair97%
The two photographs contain the viewpoint difference needed to produce genuine depth.
- Depth spread
- 6px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 91%
- The share of usable picture detail that can be matched between the left and right views. A higher number means a more reliable comparison.
- Vertical
- 2px
- Vertical drift between matched details. Lower is better; 4 px or more can indicate camera movement, scan skew, or poor alignment.
A stereoview photographed and published by H. H. Bennett, with two arched-top photographs on a yellow mount. Six people are arranged before a curved, layered shelter among trees: four sit or kneel around a blanket spread on the ground, while two stand behind them.
Felt hats, patterned blankets, jackets, and moccasins are clearly recorded. One standing figure holds a round drum; the kneeling figure at left reaches toward the objects laid on the blanket. The caption identifies the subject as “AMONG THE WINNEBAGOES.” and “Playing Wah-koo-chad-ah (Moccasin) a favorite game.” It carries Bennett’s view number 484. None of the participants is named.
The left margin credits Bennett as photographer and publisher at Kilbourn City, Wisconsin. The opposite margin bears the series heading “Wanderings among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery.” The series supplies a Wisconsin setting, but the card does not identify the camp’s precise location or give a date; Kilbourn City is the publisher’s address, not an established identification of the site.
The reverse is unprinted and bears a pencil notation at lower right, read as “RIB 24,” whose meaning is unestablished. A short blue mark is visible in the lower foreground of the left photograph; the images are otherwise clean and the card sound.
- Title on card
- No. 484. AMONG THE WINNEBAGOES. Playing Wah-koo-chad-ah (Moccasin) a favorite game.
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Music, Native American, Outdoor Scene, Sports and Games, Yellow Mount
- Dimensions
- 6.97 × 3.45 in (177.1 × 87.7 mm)
- Condition
- Short blue surface mark in the lower foreground of the left photograph; images otherwise clean and the card sound, with both photographs intact.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1837
Catalogue details
Location
Wisconsin Dells (Kilbourn City), Wisconsin · Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, United States
Photographed subject · Locality (town) · 80% confidence
Same Bennett "Among the Winnebago Indians" series; Art Institute of Chicago records No. 484 only as Wisconsin. Bennett made this series around his Kilbourn City (Wisconsin Dells) studio (Hoelscher, 2003). Town inferred from the series, not this card. Wisconsin Historical Society record IM4757 (No. 277, same series) is catalogued City: Wisconsin Dells.
Source: Wisconsin Historical Society, H.H. Bennett Studio collection
