Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Genuine stereo pair97%
The two photographs contain the viewpoint difference needed to produce genuine depth.
- Depth spread
- 17px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 78%
- 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
- 1px
- Vertical drift between matched details. Lower is better; 4 px or more can indicate camera movement, scan skew, or poor alignment.
Senators gather around a dinner table at the Senate’s Baseball, Clam and Chowder Club outing, photographed in stereo by Lynn Skeels. The typed reverse caption begins, “Ed Johnson tries to sell a bill of goods. Jim Mead is skeptical,” then names Carl Hatch, Bob La Follette, Wallace White and Joe Martin, and mentions the President Pro Tempore. These are the caption’s names for the scene, not identifications inferred from appearance.
An exact-scene copy is catalogued by the Truman Library as 70-4255, which repeats the caption and dates its copy to 1945. Ed Johnson is Senator Edwin C. Johnson; Jim Mead is Senator James M. Mead; Carl Hatch is Senator Carl A. Hatch; Bob La Follette is Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr.; Wallace White is Senator Wallace H. White Jr.; and Joe Martin is Representative Joseph W. Martin Jr. The library’s “Meade” spelling and associated person link conflict with this card’s clear “Jim Mead”; the original caption is preserved here.
The close view records the foreground exchange amid plates, glasses and flower arrangements, with additional guests partly obscured or cropped. The full six-name caption should not be read as a left-to-right key to six unobstructed figures. The paired arch-topped photographs are mounted on gray card, with pencil number 33 and the printed caption label on the reverse. The matching archival copy belongs to Lowell Mason’s Stereographic Library, Annual Baseball Outing, Volumes I and II.
- Title on card
- Ed Johnson tries to sell a bill of goods. Jim Mead is skeptical. Carl Hatch and Bob LaFollette listen to the President Pro Tempore. That’s Wallace White watching Joe Martin take a drink of water.
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Personalities
- Dimensions
- 7.02 × 3.53 in (178.3 × 89.6 mm)
- Condition
- A few visible surface scratches in the upper background and a small abrasion at the lower central edge of the photographs; otherwise clean and sound.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1918
Catalogue details
Location
United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. (pre-game luncheon) · Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Photographed subject · Exact site · 65% confidence
Same view as Truman Library 70-4255, with the identical printed caption (Ed Johnson, Jim Mead, Carl Hatch, Bob La Follette, Wallace White, Joe Martin). The set's own caption "We leave the Capitol for the ball park" places the pre-game luncheon at the Capitol; the exact room is not recorded.
