Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Genuine stereo pair85%
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
- 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.
Two Otoe men posed in a studio, identified by the printed caption “Otoe Indians.” The paired, arched-top photographs are mounted on yellow card with red lettering: “Photographs of Indians.” at left and “Published by Wm. H. Jackson, Omaha, Neb.” at right.
The seated man wears necklaces, circular neck ornaments and armbands, with a blanket across his lap and a revolver resting beneath his hand. His standing companion wears a fringed shirt and wrapped head covering, holding a bow upright and arrows diagonally across his body. A painted landscape and masonry backdrop frames the pair; rocks and brush are arranged at their feet.
A faint handwritten number following the printed “No.” appears to read “206.” The reverse is unprinted, with small pencil notations at the upper right but no matching title or view number. Neither sitter is individually named, and the card supplies no date. Omaha is the publisher’s stated address, not an explicit identification of the photographic setting.
A small pale abrasion in the left photograph and an isolated dark spot in the right background lie clear of the figures. Otherwise sound.
- Title on card
- Otoe Indians.
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Native American, William Henry Jackson, Yellow Mount
- Dimensions
- 6.91 × 3.36 in (175.5 × 85.3 mm)
- Condition
- Small pale abrasion in the left photograph and an isolated dark spot in the right image’s background, neither affecting the figures; otherwise sound.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1840
Catalogue details
Location
W. H. Jackson studio, cor. 15th & Douglas, Omaha · Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Photographed subject · Exact site · 80% confidence
Studio portrait (painted backdrop, prop rocks, plank floor). Mount: "Photographs of Indians, Published by Wm. H. Jackson, Omaha, Neb." Jackson's studio blindstamp reads "Cor. 15 & Douglas, Omaha" (BYU), and a state marker places the 1867–69 studio on that block.
Source: Card mount imprint + Nebraska State Historical Society marker + BYU blindstamp
