Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Genuine stereo pair97%
The two photographs contain the viewpoint difference needed to produce genuine depth.
- Depth spread
- 12px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 84%
- 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.
A steam locomotive stands between high banks of cut snow, its stack sending a dense plume of smoke across the view. Snow conceals most of the engine and fills the foreground, where large broken blocks border a narrow passage through the drift.
The left-margin imprint credits Elmer & Tenney of Winona, Minnesota, as photographers and publishers. The lower caption identifies the Southern Minnesota Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and reads “Snow Blockade, March 29, 1881.” The right margin places the card in the “E. & T. Minnesota Snow View Series of 1881.”
The number 1152, written near the foot of the right-hand photograph, corresponds to “Locomotive in a drift—Instantaneous” in the publisher’s printed list on the reverse. That entry appears under the Southern Minnesota Division heading. The exact location and the locomotive’s identity remain unestablished.
The two photographs, each with rounded upper corners, are mounted side by side on a pale green card. Small chips and local layer loss at the left mount corners remain clear of the photographs. The right-hand image is lighter than the left; the card is otherwise sound.
- Title on card
- No. 1152. Locomotive in a drift—Instantaneous.
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Minnesota, Outdoor Scene, Railroad
- Dimensions
- 7.02 × 3.99 in (178.3 × 101.2 mm)
- Condition
- Small chips and local layer loss at the left mount corners, not affecting the photographs. The right-hand image is lighter than the left; otherwise sound.
- Provenance
- Photographer-publisher imprint: Elmer & Tenney, Winona, Minnesota.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1763
Catalogue details
Location
Southern Minnesota Division grade between Fairmont and Sherburn, Minnesota · Minnesota, United States
General area · Region · 40% confidence
Card names no place. Same Elmer & Tenney Minnesota snow blockade series as No. 1158 (Temperance Lake cut) and No. 1161 (cut three miles west of Fairmont), both on the Southern Minnesota Division. Placed on that stretch of track by the series, not by this card.
Source: Elmer & Tenney series context (Nos. 1158 and 1161)
