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(animated stereo) A Game of Chess During the Gilded Age

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(animated stereo) A Game of Chess During the Gilded Age
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Image by Thiophene_Guy
To see the animated image scroll down to the first comment below or view original size (look above in the "actions" menu).

The Wikimedia Commons website offers a multitude of historical images with no restrictions on use. This untitled stereoview, by an unknown photographer and publisher, probably dates to the 19th century.

Technical trivia
Animated gif generated with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes. Rotations: Left,-2.4;Right,+ 1.5


(animated stereo) The Matador (Mexico, c1900)
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Image by Thiophene_Guy
To see the medium (485 x 500) animated image scroll down to the first comment below; to see the large (1000 x 1031) 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.

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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

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