Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Inconclusive40%
The scan does not contain enough reliable detail for a firm classification.
- Depth spread
- 1px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 70%
- 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.
Spectators fill the open ground and crowd a raised stand at the rear of this elevated view. Men in dark coats and hats stand among women and children, while trees interrupt the gathering and American flags and decorative swags hang from tall poles overhead.
The mount’s printed caption reads, “Laying the Corner Stone of Capitol, Lansing, Mich.” It identifies the occasion and the site of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing. The opposite margin credits “P. ENGELHART, PHOTOGRAPHER.” No date is printed on the card.
The two side-by-side views are mounted on a yellow card. A handwritten-style “No. 1” appears near the lower centre of the photograph, with another partly cropped notation beginning “No” at the bottom of the left view. The reverse is unprinted and bears pencil notations, but no securely readable descriptive caption or catalogue checklist.
A crease and split rise from the lower edge near the centre, visible on both sides. A broad strip of yellow surface paper is missing along the left edge of the reverse, and a localized brown stain appears in the sky of the left image. Otherwise clean, with the crowd detail still readily legible.
- Title on card
- Laying the Corner Stone of Capitol, Lansing, Mich.
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- American Flag, Children, Michigan, Outdoor Scene, Patriotic, Yellow Mount
- Dimensions
- 6.95 × 3.47 in (176.5 × 88.0 mm)
- Condition
- Crease and split extending upward from the lower edge near the centre, visible on both sides; broad surface-paper loss along the left edge of the reverse; localized brown staining in the sky of the left image. Otherwise clean, with legible crowd detail.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1807
Catalogue details
Location
Michigan State Capitol, Lansing, Michigan · Lansing, Michigan, United States
Photographed subject · Exact site · 80% confidence
The place is named in the card's own caption or imprint ("Michigan State Capitol, Lansing, Michigan"); coordinates resolved by map geocoder (Michigan State Capitol, Lansing); building located via Wikipedia article "Michigan State Capitol" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_State_Capitol).
Source: Card caption / imprint (direct)
