Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Genuine stereo pair87%
The two photographs contain the viewpoint difference needed to produce genuine depth.
- 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
- 88%
- 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
- 2px
- Vertical drift between matched details. Lower is better; 4 px or more can indicate camera movement, scan skew, or poor alignment.
Snow covers an enclosed garden, its iron railings, hedges, and densely branching trees. A standing statue rises on a tall pedestal before masonry buildings with pedimented fronts, tall windows, and crowded chimney stacks. The elevated viewpoint brings the snowy grounds and the buildings behind them into the same close composition.
A pencil inscription on the otherwise unprinted reverse identifies the scene as Boston City Hall and the Boston Museum in the background, on School Street. Partial “BOSTON” lettering is visible on a rear building, consistent with that identification. The statue is not named on the card.
The reverse supplies an approximate date of 1859 and the comment “Very early.” These are annotations of undetermined date rather than a publisher’s caption; the proposed date remains unconfirmed. No photographer’s or publisher’s imprint is present.
The two side-by-side stereoscopic images are mounted on yellow card. Clean overall and visually sound, with clear architectural detail and no significant tears, cracks, or losses apparent in the scans.
- Title on card
- BOSTON CITY HALL / & BOSTON MUSEUM (BACKGROUND) / ON SCHOOL ST. / ca: 1859 (inscribed)
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Massachusetts, Outdoor Scene, Yellow Mount
- Dimensions
- 6.77 × 3.4 in (172.1 × 86.4 mm)
- Condition
- Clean overall and visually sound, with clear image detail and no significant tears, cracks, or losses apparent in the scans.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1822
Catalogue details
Location
Boston City Hall, School Street, Boston, Massachusetts · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Photographed subject · Exact site · 80% confidence
The place is named in the card's own caption or imprint (card reads "BOSTON CITY HALL / & BOSTON MUSEUM (BACKGROUND) / ON SCHOOL ST. / ca: 1859"; searched as "Boston City Hall, School Street, Boston, Massachusetts"); coordinates resolved by map geocoder (Boston City Hall, Boston); building located via Wikipedia article "Boston City Hall" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_City_Hall).
Source: Card caption / imprint (direct)
