The Haunted Lane – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The Haunted Lane comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Haunted Lane
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Its title, *The Haunted Lane*, promises a ghost story, and the card is one of the stereographs made for parlor viewing around 1898. Two nearly identical photographs printed side by side on the card merge into a single three-dimensional scene when seen through a stereoscope, which gave the lane depth and shadow that a flat print could not. Stereocards of this period often used staged scenes with costumed figures and dramatic settings, and they were sold in sets as home entertainment. The catalog credits the maker only as "Melander," so the card's exact origin is uncertain, but it reflects the late Victorian taste for spooky tales.
| Created / published | c. 1898 |
|---|---|
| Medium | photographic print on stereo card, stereograph |
| Notes | Melander |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,392 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-126072 |
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