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
- 6px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 86%
- 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.
An elevated view along Monroe Street in Grand Rapids. Streetcar tracks curve through the foreground before continuing between closely built commercial blocks. Two streetcars occupy the roadway, with another partly cut off by the lower edge. Horse-drawn carriages line the right-hand curb, and figures gather at the building entrances.
The nearest façades have tall arched windows, elaborate surrounds, and roofline finials. A large striped awning projects over the sidewalk. Signs for Foster, Stevens & Co. and E. P. Kidder remain legible among the dry-goods and carpeting advertisements.
The pink reverse is headed “Grand Rapids Views.” and directs requests for copies to Schuyler C. Baldwin of Kalamazoo, Michigan. A light handwritten caption is read as “Monroe St. from S. Hotel”; the hotel initial is less certain than the street name and is left unexpanded. The inscription identifies the street and apparently records the camera’s vantage point. No date or view-specific printed title is present.
Two warm-toned photographs mounted side by side on orange card. Small surface losses are visible in the upper orange margin and near the reverse imprint; otherwise clean and sound.
- Title on card
- Monroe St. from S. Hotel (inscribed)
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Michigan, Outdoor Scene, Railroad
- Dimensions
- 7.03 × 3.99 in (178.5 × 101.2 mm)
- Condition
- Small surface losses in the upper orange mount margin and near the reverse imprint; otherwise clean and sound.
- Provenance
- The reverse imprint names Schuyler C. Baldwin, Kalamazoo, Michigan, as the source for copies of the view. No ownership history is supplied.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1793
Catalogue details
Location
Sweet's Hotel, Pearl & Canal (Monroe Ave), Grand Rapids, Michigan · Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Camera position · Exact site · 85% confidence
Pencil inscription on reverse: "Monroe St. from S. Hotel" — view of Monroe Street taken from Sweet's Hotel. Sweet's Hotel stood at the northwest corner of Canal (now Monroe Ave) and Pearl streets, on the site later occupied by the Pantlind Hotel and today's Amway Grand Plaza (Grand Rapids Public Library, "Grab Corners, 1873"; S. C. Baldwin, "Pearl St. near Monroe," 1872).
Source: Card caption / imprint (direct)
