Check out these image library images:
(animated stereo) Cathedral Ruins, Charleston, 1865
Image by Thiophene_Guy
To see the medium (412 x 500) animated image scroll down to the first comment below; to see the large (1000 x 1214) view original size (look above in the "actions" menu). A cropped version is also accessible below.
The Library of Congress website offers a multitude of historical images, many with no known restrictions on use. This image is derived from the stereograph negatives, possibly by George Barnard, titled [Charleston, S.C. Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar; another view]. Charleston was repeatedly bombarded during the war but did not fall to Union forces until the closing months of the conflict.
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/cwp2003000811/PP/ .
Technical trivia
One negative is broken, moving the bottom edge out of registry. No attempt has been made to correct this. Image manipulations and gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes. Rotations: Left, 0.1; Right, -0.1; Scaling: Right, 96.3
(animated stereo) The Citadel at Aleppo (early 1900s)
Image by Thiophene_Guy
To see the medium (422 x 500) animated image scroll down to the first comment below; to see the large (1266 x 1500) view original size (look above in the "actions" menu).
Details and History
The Library of Congress website offers a multitude of historical images, many with no known restrictions on use. This image is cropped from the damaged early 20th century American Colony stereograph titled Entrance of gateway to Castle, Aleppo.
Aleppo is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities on earth. The Citadel was first constructed three millennia ago but many of the current structures date to the 13th century.
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Images from the Levant.
All Matson (American Colony) images.
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: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2005002612/PP/ .
Technical trivia
Image manipulations and gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes.
(animated stereo) A modern pyramid. Atlantic City, NJ 1903
Image by Thiophene_Guy
To animate view the image at original resolution (click all sizes) or simply scroll down.
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 library of congress offers a multitude of historical images online, many needing no license to redistribute. The original image depicts a a modern pyramid on the sand, Atlantic City, [N.J.]. The 1903 image, by William H. Rau, has no known restrictions on publication. Library of Congress reproduction number: LC-USZ62-57461
Image rotations, resizing, alignment, and animated gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes.
