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
- 100%
- 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.
Seen across a foreground railing, the steamer fills the paired photographs with its curving hull, deck fittings, mast and rigging. Two long horizontal yards span the upper image. A man sits beside the deckhouse, with a funnel rising behind him; other vessels recede along the waterfront.
The reverse identifies the subject through its underlined entry, “10. Steamer Gen. Meade, of New York.” The yellow catalogue label is headed “NEW ORLEANS SERIES. A.” and “THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.” Its instruction, “The subject represented by this view is underlined,” makes the selection explicit. The front mount independently places the scene with “The Mississippi River.” and “New Orleans, Louisiana.”
The reverse lists views numbered 1–23. This card belongs to that numbered river series, immediately between No. 9, “View at the Levee.” and No. 11, “Steamer Natchez.” No photographer or publication date is named on the card.
Two arched-top photographic images on a yellow card mount. A small dark spot is present on the reverse label; the photographs are clean and the card otherwise sound.
- Title on card
- No. 10. Steamer Gen. Meade, of New York.
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Louisiana, Outdoor Scene, Yellow Mount
- Dimensions
- 6.95 × 3.47 in (176.5 × 88.1 mm)
- Condition
- Small dark spot on the reverse label; the photographs are clean and the card otherwise sound, with no significant damage visible.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1855
Catalogue details
Location
Steamboat landing on the New Orleans levee, near Canal Street, New Orleans · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Photographed subject · Street / district · 70% confidence
Reverse "NEW ORLEANS. SERIES A." underlines No. 11 "Steamer Natchez" (the famous New Orleans packet), matching the front imprint; the series is the New Orleans levee. NYPL catalogs this same Series A list. The card gives no street, but Natchez landed on the levee frontage near Canal Street in this era; pin sits on that steamboat-landing stretch, not the river channel. Exact landing spot along the levee is not fixed, hence 70%.
Source: Card caption / imprint (direct)
