(animated stereo) Ladies in the Gilded Age, circa 1870
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Details and History
The Wikimedia Commons website offers a multitude of historical images with no restrictions on use. This circa 1870 John H. Heering image, published in San Jose, shows two unidentified women with their hair down. A short biography at Google books indicates Heering retouched his photos with India ink, suggesting he worked extensively with high contrast images like this.
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Copyright Advisory
This item is indicated as being in the public domain. This image is also available with bibliographic notes from the New York Public Library's Digital Library under the digital ID digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?G89F349_003F .
Technical trivia
The digital image was enhanced by adjusting the color curve in HSV color space to fit image detail to the visible window (dark details were darkened and highlights were lightened). Subsequent image manipulations and gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes.
(animated stereo) Ladies in the Gilded Age, circa 1870
To see the animated image scroll down to the first comment below or view original size.
Details and History
The Wikimedia Commons website offers a multitude of historical images with no restrictions on use. This circa 1870 John H. Heering image, published in San Jose, shows two unidentified women with their hair down. A short biography at Google books indicates Heering retouched his photos with India ink, suggesting he worked extensively with high contrast images like this.
Copyright Advisory
This item is indicated as being in the public domain. This image is also available with bibliographic notes from the New York Public Library's Digital Library under the digital ID digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?G89F349_003F .
Technical trivia
The digital image was enhanced by adjusting the color curve in HSV color space to fit image detail to the visible window (dark details were darkened and highlights were lightened). Subsequent image manipulations and gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes.