Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Genuine stereo pair97%
The two photographs contain the viewpoint difference needed to produce genuine depth.
- Depth spread
- 5px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 99%
- 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 children posed as chimney sweeps stand with a ladder against a brick structure in this orange-mount stereoview. One figure stands high on the ladder holding a broom while the other rests below with a second broom. The mount is titled “SWEEPS.”
The reverse bears the imprint of Havens, successor to Wilson & Havens, photographer at 141 & 143 Broughton Street, Savannah, Georgia, and publisher of Southern views. The mount shows wear, losses, and surface marks consistent with age; please examine both sides.
- Title on card
- SWEEPS
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- African American, Children, Georgia, Occupational
- Dimensions
- 3½ × 7 in (mount)
- Condition
- Light wear and softening at the mount edges and corners; images clear and unfaded.
- Provenance
- Published by O. Pierre Havens, Savannah, Georgia, ca. 1870s–80s.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1731
Catalogue details
Location
Savannah, Georgia — catalog-attributed location · Savannah, Georgia, United States
Photographed subject · Locality (town) · 40% confidence
The International Center of Photography catalogs Havens’s “Sweeps” with the location Savannah, Georgia. Its record does not identify the building, street, or camera position, and visual identity with this copy remains unverified. ([icp.org](https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/sweeps))
Source: International Center of Photography, “Sweeps,” O. Pierre Havens, accession 424.1990
