Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Inconclusive30%
The scan does not contain enough reliable detail for a firm classification.
- Depth spread
- 0px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 67%
- 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.
An unidentified figure holds up a shovel, with only the head and upper body visible above deep snow. At right, a windmill stands above a cylindrical tank, its tail lettered “Eclipse.” No rails are visible beneath the drifts.
The mount identifies the scene as “Southern Minnesota Division, C. M. & St. P. R’y.” and captions it “Snow Blockade, March 29, 1881.” The railway initials refer to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. The precise location along the division is not stated.
The card credits Elmer & Tenney of Winona, Minnesota, as photographers and publishers and belongs to their “E. & T. Minnesota Snow View Series of 1881.” The partially clipped number at the lower right appears to read 1153, corresponding to the reverse listing “Hunting for the track. ‘A total eclipse.’” That caption also echoes the name visible on the windmill.
Two round-topped photographic prints are mounted side by side on pale green card. The reverse carries a numbered catalogue of views grouped under the Winona and St. Peter, Southern Minnesota, and Hastings and Dakota railway divisions.
- Title on card
- No. 1153. Hunting for the track. “A total eclipse.”
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Minnesota, Occupational, Outdoor Scene, Railroad
- Dimensions
- 7.03 × 3.98 in (178.5 × 101.2 mm)
- Condition
- Several small areas of surface abrasion and paper loss on the reverse affect portions of the printed list. Photographs otherwise clean and card sound.
- Provenance
- Printed photographer/publisher’s imprint: Elmer & Tenney, Winona, Minnesota. No ownership history is established.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1764
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)
