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(animated stereo) Mourning dress in the ruins of Richmond, 1865
Image by Thiophene_Guy
To see the medium (500 x 448) animated image and a cropped version scroll down to the first comment below; to see the large (992 x 889) view original size (look above in the "actions" menu).
The Library of Congress website offers a multitude of historical images, many with no known restrictions on use. This image is derived from the Alexander Gardner stereograph titled Richmond, Virginia. (Two women in black). A modern image of similar Civil War era mourning dress is available from the defunct Museum of Funeral customs, via wikipedia.
Copyright Advisory
The purpose here is not to duplicate the original image, from the Library of Congress website, but to generate a downloadable animated gif to assist viewing and presentation. The original image has no known restrictions on use. Library of Congress web address for this image: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003005697/PP .
Technical trivia
The left and right digital images were loaded into StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes. One image is larger than the other, necessitating resizing as the first step. Much of the damage to the glass plate negative could be removed by judicius cropping. Subsequent image rotations, size adjustments, and alignments were not recorded before animated gif generation.
(animated stereo) The Matador crop (Mexico, c1900)
Image by Thiophene_Guy
To see the medium (500 x 500) animated image scroll down to the first comment below; to see the large (800 x 800) view original size (look above in the "actions" menu).
The Library of Congress website offers a multitude of historical images, many with no known restrictions on use. This image is derived from the 1900 Keystone View Co. stereograph titled Mexican Bull Ring--Flaunting the scarlet. The Wikipedia page on bullfighting offers a great deal of relevant history and context.
Copyright Advisory
The purpose here is not to duplicate the original image, from the Library of Congress website, but to generate a downloadable animated gif to assist viewing and presentation. The original image has no known restrictions on use. Library of Congress web address for this image: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/00650274/ .
Technical trivia
Black level enhanced using Picturewindow Pro. Image manipulations and gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes. Scaling: Left, 99.8; Right, 100.1
