Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Camera moved / alignment issue80%
The pair does not align reliably enough for a trustworthy depth reading; scan skew can also contribute.
- Depth spread
- 10px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 81%
- 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
- 6px
- Vertical drift between matched details. Lower is better; 4 px or more can indicate camera movement, scan skew, or poor alignment.
Three men pose in a narrow passage cut through deep snow. One stands atop a roughly squared block, another directly before it, and a third is partly concealed along its left side. Their dark coats mark the scale of the block and the steep snow walls flanking the passage; loose chunks cover the ground.
The mount credits Elmer & Tenney of Winona, Minnesota, as photographers and publishers. Its lower caption identifies the Southern Minnesota Division of the C. M. & St. Paul Railway. The number 1155 appears in the right-hand photograph and corresponds to the reverse listing, “Snow blocks ready to come out,” where a pencil arrow marks the entry.
The reverse places this group of railway views under the date March 29, 1881. The front series imprint appears to read “E. & T. Minnesota Snow View Series of 1884.” These dates are retained as printed evidence rather than reconciled into an assumed issue date. The precise cutting and the men remain unidentified.
Paired photographs on a pale green, rounded-corner card. A small circular surface blemish is visible near the upper left of the right-hand image; otherwise clean and sound.
- Title on card
- No. 1155. Snow blocks ready to come out.
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Minnesota, Occupational, Outdoor Scene, Railroad
- Dimensions
- 7.05 × 4 in (179.1 × 101.5 mm)
- Condition
- Small circular surface blemish near the upper left of the right-hand photograph; otherwise clean and sound.
- Provenance
- Printed mount imprint: “Photographed and Published by Elmer & Tenney, Winona, Minn.”
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1765
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)
