Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Genuine stereo pair84%
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
- 92%
- 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.
A high viewpoint looks across Grand Rapids, with closely spaced houses, fenced gardens, and long streets extending toward a low horizon. A large Gothic church dominates the right foreground, its slender spire rising above the surrounding roofs. Two side-by-side photographic views are mounted on orange card.
The pink reverse carries the printed heading “Grand Rapids Views” and an advertisement directing orders for views of homes or copies of this photograph to Schuyler C. Baldwin, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Grand Rapids is the subject of the series; Kalamazoo is the address in the imprint.
A faded handwritten caption reads “From High School looking down,” followed by a line tentatively read as “Jefferson Avenue - Cong Church.” The street name is the least distinct part of the inscription. The note identifies the high-school vantage point and describes the prominent church as Congregational, but does not establish its full institutional name. No date or individual printed view title appears on the card.
Dark marks are visible in the sky, chiefly in the left image, with a localized rubbed area and blue marks at the lower left of the right image. Otherwise sound.
- Title on card
- From High School looking down / [Jefferson?] Avenue - Cong Church (inscribed)
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Faith, Michigan, Outdoor Scene
- Dimensions
- 7.01 × 3.98 in (177.9 × 101.0 mm)
- Condition
- Dark marks in the sky, chiefly in the left image, and a localized rubbed area with blue marks at the lower left of the right image. Otherwise sound.
- Provenance
- Printed Schuyler C. Baldwin imprint, Kalamazoo, Michigan, under the heading “Grand Rapids Views.” The reverse also bears an unidentified handwritten subject caption; no ownership history is established.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1796
Catalogue details
Location
First (Park) Congregational Church, 10 East Park Place NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan · Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Photographed subject · Exact site · 80% confidence
The reverse bears the period manuscript caption "From High School looking down Jefferson Avenue — Cong'l Church," beneath the printed imprint of Schuyler C. Baldwin, Kalamazoo ("Grand Rapids Views"). Contemporary directories place the city's First Congregational Church at the corner of Park and East Park streets; its Gothic Revival building, designed by A. Barrows, was completed in 1869 and survives as Park Church, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1982). The pin marks the church as the subject of the view; the exact camera position at the High School is not independently fixed.
Source: Card caption / imprint (direct)
