Stereo card of a lighthouse in stormy sea – Antique Photo Print
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Description
Stereo card of a lighthouse in stormy sea comes to life in this stereograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Stereo card of a lighthouse in stormy sea
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Stereo cards like this one were a parlor staple in the late 19th century, when viewers pressed a pair of nearly identical photographs into a stereoscope and saw a single three-dimensional scene. This example shows a lighthouse braced against a heavy sea, with waves breaking hard around its base. Its location on the Southeast Massachusetts coast, a region of rocky shoals and exposed headlands, explains why such a station needed to hold firm through rough weather. Because the record gives few specifics, the card is best read as a glimpse of both the maritime hazards of the area and the popular taste for dramatic scenes of the sea.
| Original scan | 3,939 × 1,803 px · prints to 13 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 12 |
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