Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Camera moved / alignment issue70%
The pair does not align reliably enough for a trustworthy depth reading; scan skew can also contribute.
- Depth spread
- 11px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 74%
- 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
- 4px
- Vertical drift between matched details. Lower is better; 4 px or more can indicate camera movement, scan skew, or poor alignment.
Theodore Roosevelt sits on a pale horse, leaning toward a man in a dark coat and bowler hat whose back faces the camera. Roosevelt wears a broad-brimmed hat and a light jacket; another rider is partly concealed behind the standing man. The close foreground group is set against scrub-covered slopes and distant snow-covered ridges.
The printed caption identifies the encounter as President Roosevelt’s first interview on the road from a bear hunt, opening with the quotation, “We got ten bears in all.” The photograph records the roadside conversation rather than the hunt itself. Neither side names the road, mountain range, or state, and the other men are not identified.
Published by H. C. White Co. as view 9937, with a 1905 copyright notice. The vertical imprint names the firm’s general offices in North Bennington, Vermont, and branches in New York, Chicago, and London. The opposite margin bears the “PERFEC” STEREOGRAPH trademark and the notice “Patented April 14, 1903. Other Patents Pending.” These are publication and patent details, not an independently stated exposure date. The paired photographs are mounted on dark gray card; the reverse is blank.
- Title on card
- No. 9937. “We got ten bears in all.”—President Roosevelt’s first interview on the road from the bear hunt.
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Hunting, Outdoor Scene, Personalities, Presidents
- Dimensions
- 7.03 × 3.53 in (178.5 × 89.7 mm)
- Condition
- Small surface abrasion on the standing man’s coat in the right-hand image; otherwise clean and sound.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1925
Catalogue details
Location
Road between New Castle and Glenwood Springs, Colorado · New Castle, Colorado, United States
Photographed subject · Region · 60% confidence
Caption "first interview on the road from the bear hunt" (H. C. White 9937); neighbouring numbers 9935/9936 are on the New Castle–Glenwood Springs road, so it is placed on that stretch.
Source: Card caption + numbered series
