Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Genuine stereo pair94%
The two photographs contain the viewpoint difference needed to produce genuine depth.
- Depth spread
- 4px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 92%
- 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.
Five men stand close together indoors. At the center, smiling toward the camera in a light double-breasted suit, patterned tie, and pocket square, is President Harry S. Truman, identified by the owner. Beside him is a man wearing spectacles, a dark waistcoat, bow tie, and watch chain. The men at the outer edges turn inward, while additional figures are partly obscured behind the group; the other four principals are not yet named by any exact-frame caption.
A board visible between their shoulders carries the word "BASEBALL," the guests' names (JOHNSON among them), and entries including "WASH" and "BOS." The score-prediction board links the scene to Lowell Mason's Senate baseball-outing series. A retrieved archival photograph of men at Mason's board, 70-4248, is a different exposure and cannot provide a positional name key for the four unnamed men in this group. The WASH–BOS entries and 1946 chart on the related view 22 do not independently establish an exact exposure date for this card.
The two side-by-side images have arched tops and are mounted on a gray card with rounded corners. The unprinted reverse bears clearly legible pencil numbers "6" at upper left and "10" at upper right, the 6 at upper left being the view number.
The photograph is part of Lynn Skeels's Lowell Mason baseball-outing series, the Senate Baseball, Clam and Chowder Club outings associated with Truman's circle. The five-man grouping is not the same exposure as the Truman Library's captioned board view 70-4248; those names cannot safely be transferred to this frame.
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Baseball, Sports and Games
- Dimensions
- 7.03 × 3.54 in (178.6 × 90.0 mm)
- Condition
- Clean and sound overall, with no major cracks, losses, or heavy staining visible.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1913
Catalogue details
Location
United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. (pre-game luncheon) · Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Photographed subject · Exact site · 60% confidence
The board is Lowell Mason's baseball betting chart (Truman Library 70-4248: senators placing bets on Lowell Mason's board). Placed with the pre-game gathering at the Capitol; exact room not recorded.
Source: Truman Library 70-4248








