A few nice share image images I found:
(animated stereo) Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1860
Image by Thiophene_Guy
To see the animated image scroll down to the first comment below or view original size for the large.
Details and History
The Wikimedia Commons website offers a multitude of historical images with no restrictions on use. This circa 1860 Langenheim, Loyd & Co. image shows docks and ships at the Philidelphia Navy Yard one year before the onset of the Civil War. This appears to show a steam sloop in the foreground and a sail-less steamship behind. Though this ship is unidentified, it seems to have similarities to the larger USS Roanoke before conversion to an ironclad. Contemporary hybrid sail/steam ships for which images have been found include the steam sloop USS Pawnee, the screw steamship USS Mohawk (steamship Caledonia), and the screw gunboat USS Wyandotte.
In the US, brothers William and Frederick Langenheim introduced Steriopticon ("Magic Lantern") technology in 1850. The brothers, early pioneers in photographic processes, were also the first to produce stereo views domestically.
Copyright Advisory
This item is indicated as being in the public domain. This image is also available with bibliographic notes from the New York Public Library's Digital Library under the digital ID digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?G91F360_009F .
Technical trivia
The digital image was enhanced by adjusting the color curve in HSV color space to fit image detail to the visible window (dark details were darkened and highlights were lightened), then blending this darkened copy with the original. Subsequent image manipulations and gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes.
(animated stereo) Portrait of a Civil War Era Youth, 1864
Image by Thiophene_Guy
To see the animated image scroll down to the first comment below (medium, 500 x 500) or view original size (large, 1000 x 1000).
Details and History
The Library of Congress website offers a multitude of historical images, many with no known restrictions on use. This image is derived from the 1864 stereograph titled Aiken's Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Young girl at Aiken house. The full-length portrait can be seen in a colorized, animated version on Clicksy's blog.
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/cwp2003004884/PP/ .
Technical trivia
Image manipulations and gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes.
