Henry Hamilton Bennett

Henry Hamilton Bennett arrived in the developing Kilbourn City as a teenager in 1857 and began work as a carpenter. After suffering a hand injury during the Civil War, he chose a new career and opened a photography studio that still stands on Broadway today. His three-dimensional stereoscopes of the beautiful Dells landscape quickly gained nationwide acclaim and drew visitors. Seeking a way to capture moving images, he developed an instant-shutter camera. To prove that his "snapper" worked, Bennett captured a photograph of his son Ashley leaping the chasm at Stand Rock. This stop-action photo and his landscapes established Bennett as the man who made Wisconsin Dells famous.

Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin · United States