Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Genuine stereo pair97%
The two photographs contain the viewpoint difference needed to produce genuine depth.
- Depth spread
- 7px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 96%
- 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.
An open carriage stands harnessed to a horse beside a tall, vertically boarded barn. One figure stands near the horse; another is beside a small box-like cart at the plank fence. Trees border the rutted track. A dog lies close to the camera at left, a second sits farther up the yard, and three cats occupy the lower right foreground.
The paired, arched-top photographs are mounted on yellow card, blindstamped along the left margin by C. Seaver, Jr., photographer, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Pittsfield identifies the photographer’s address, not necessarily the location pictured. Neither side supplies a descriptive caption or date. The otherwise blank reverse carries a short pencil notation, apparently “524,” but no corresponding view number is visible on the front. The site, figures, and purpose of the small wheeled box remain unidentified.
Scattered brown spotting, chiefly on the reverse, with a few small spots in the left-hand image’s sky. Otherwise sound, with clear image detail and no visible cracks or significant losses.
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Farming, Outdoor Scene, Yellow Mount
- Dimensions
- 6.95 × 3.44 in (176.5 × 87.4 mm)
- Condition
- Scattered brown spotting, chiefly on the reverse, with a few small spots in the left-hand image’s sky. Otherwise sound, with clear image detail and no visible cracks or significant losses.
- Provenance
- The front mount bears the blindstamp of C. Seaver, Jr., photographer, Pittsfield, Massachusetts; no ownership history is supplied.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1897
Catalogue details
Location
C. Seaver Jr. studio town — Pittsfield, Mass. · Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
Photographer's studio address — not the scene · Locality (town) · 15% confidence
Faint mount imprint for C. Seaver Jr., Pittsfield. Outdoor barnyard with a horse and carriage; the farm is not named.
Source: Card imprint (photographer town only)
