Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Genuine stereo pair87%
The two photographs contain the viewpoint difference needed to produce genuine depth.
- Depth spread
- 2px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 100%
- 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.
Two arched-top photographs on a yellow mount show towering rock formations framing a distant mountain. A dirt track curves through the open foreground toward the gap, passing low shrubs and pale, sloping rock surfaces. Successive ridges recede behind the sharply described foreground formations.
The pink paper label on the reverse identifies the scene as the Garden of the Gods, “Five miles from Colorado Springs.” Its lower caption reads: “The Gateway, Rocks 267 feet high, and Pike’s Peak ten miles distant.” The identification of the distant peak, along with the stated height and distances, comes from this printed caption.
The card belongs to “Gurnsey’s Rocky Mountain Views,” published at Colorado Springs, Colorado. The label also carries the heading “Scenes on the Line of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway,” placing this landscape within a railway-related view series; no train or railway track is visible in the photograph. The card is undated, and the scans do not establish the photographic process or a separate photographer credit.
The photographs retain clear detail in the rocks and foreground, while the sky and distant mountains are pale. The rounded-corner mount has edge rubbing and small surface losses. The reverse label remains legible, with scattered spotting and an indistinct pencil notation.
- Title on card
- The Gateway, Rocks 267 feet high, and Pike’s Peak ten miles distant.
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Colorado, Outdoor Scene, Railroad, Yellow Mount
- Dimensions
- 7.02 × 4 in (178.3 × 101.5 mm)
- Condition
- Scattered small spots and fine surface marks on the photographs; sky and distant mountain detail are pale and low in contrast. Yellow mount shows light soiling, scuffing, and edge and corner rubbing, with small losses of the yellow surface exposing lighter card beneath. Reverse label has minor spotting and an indistinct pencil notation; printed text remains legible.
- Provenance
- Publication evidence: the verso label reads “Gurnsey’s Rocky Mountain Views,” published at Colorado Springs, Colorado. No ownership history is supplied or established by the scans.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1740
Catalogue details
Location
North Gateway Rock, Garden of the Gods · Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Photographed subject · Exact site · 80% confidence
The card identifies The Gateway in Garden of the Gods with Pikes Peak beyond. The city documents the park and its formations; the current place record identifies North Gateway Rock. This pin marks the depicted formation, not an inferred camera position.
Source: Printed reverse label; City of Colorado Springs Garden of the Gods records; Google Maps place record
