Some cool image share images:
(animated stereo) Trusty dromedary, early 20th century
Image by Thiophene_Guy
To see the small animated version (440 x 786) scroll down to the first comment; to see the very large (2199 x 3926) version view original size(click all sizes).
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 Matson collection stereoview is titled To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Camel kiss; camel nibbling at his master's nose.. The approximate date of capture is 1900-1920 and there are no known restrictions on publication. Library of Congress digital ID: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/matpc.02110
Image rotations, resizing, alignment, and animated gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes.
(animated stereo) Bustling Toronto, 1911
Image by Thiophene_Guy
To see the animated version scroll down to the first comment or view original size (click all sizes, above).
The Wikimedia comons hosts a multitude of historical images, many with no known restrictions on use. The circa 1911 stereograph, by an unknown photographer, is titled Yonge Street Stereoview. This image shows a section of Yonge street in Toronto. Wikipedia has a dedicated entry for the road, once the longest in the world (1896 km), which is a national historic site in Canada.
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The purpose here is not to duplicate the original image, although hosted on the Commons it originates 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/89709959/ .
Technical details
The digital image was rotated until level (arbitrary) and the borders were cropped. Subsequent image rotation, resizing, alignment, and animated gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes.
