Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Camera moved / alignment issue75%
The pair does not align reliably enough for a trustworthy depth reading; scan skew can also contribute.
- Depth spread
- 3px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 89%
- 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
- 5px
- Vertical drift between matched details. Lower is better; 4 px or more can indicate camera movement, scan skew, or poor alignment.
Rows of wooden casks fill the foreground of this New Orleans levee view. Several figures face the camera, one standing on a cask, while horse-drawn wagons occupy the ground behind them. River steamers crowd the background, their tiered decks, loading spars, and tall paired stacks forming a nearly continuous line.
The reverse identifies the photograph through an underlined entry in the printed checklist headed “NEW ORLEANS. SERIES A.” and “THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.” Expanding the ditto marks, the selected entry reads “No. 5. The Levee General View. C.” The printed instruction below confirms that the subject represented is underlined. Adjacent Nos. 3 and 4 list General Views A and B, placing this card within a related sequence of levee views.
Two arched-top photographs are mounted side by side on a yellow card with rounded corners. The front margins read “The Mississippi River.” and “New Orleans, Louisiana.” The mount measures 6.97 × 3.47 inches (177.1 × 88.2 mm), as supplied. No photographer or date is identified on the card.
Clean and sound overall, with no conspicuous tears, losses, or strong staining visible.
- Title on card
- No. 5. The Levee General View. C.
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Louisiana, Occupational, Outdoor Scene, Yellow Mount
- Dimensions
- 6.97 × 3.47 in (177.1 × 88.2 mm)
- Condition
- Clean and sound overall, with no conspicuous tears, losses, or strong staining visible.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1817
Catalogue details
Location
Levee railroad depot (New Orleans, Mobile & Chattanooga RR), between Canal and Calliope Streets, New Orleans · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Photographed subject · Exact site · 80% confidence
Reverse "NEW ORLEANS. SERIES A." underlines No. 5. Entries 2–5 use ditto marks under No. 1 "The Levee and Railroad Station," so No. 5 is "The Levee and Railroad Station — General View C." NYPL catalogs the same series (Series A, No. 4) as "The levee and railroad station." The only railroad station on the levee in this era was the New Orleans, Mobile & Chattanooga depot, granted (1868–70) about four squares of levee between Calliope and Canal Streets (New Orleans, Mobile & Chattanooga R.R. v. City of New Orleans, 26 La. Ann. 517, 1874). Pin sits mid-grant at the riverfront; the exact camera spot within those four squares is not fixed.
Source: Card reverse checklist + NYPL + Louisiana Supreme Court (1874)
