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CIVIL WAR STEREOVIEW WINDOW™  A DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY, ANAGLYPH CONVERSION PROJECT.
EXPERIENCE A FASCINATING NEW WAY TO VIEW IMAGES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, IN 3D!
THIS UNIQUE COLLECTION IS A "MUST HAVE" FOR CIVIL WAR ENTHUSIASTS OF ALL PURSUITS.

We've all seen the familiar two-dimensional photographs documenting the American Civil War on TV, in numerous books and
publications, and in film. Alas, these special images have, by-in-large, never been truly "seen" by the modern day public in the
manner in which they were intended.

CIVIL WAR STEREOVIEW WINDOW™, the only collection of its kind, is the culmination of years of efforts, in order to bring to
you, the modern-day public, images of the American Civil War, that can again be truly experienced as they were intended to be
seen, in 3-D. At a time when photography was in its infancy, "stereoscopy" was introduced in the form of the 3-dimensional
"stereograph", or "stereoview."

It is a little known fact that nearly 70% of all Civil War documentary photography was in 3-D, underscoring the
format's huge popularity and importance!

Thousands of stereo negatives were used to produce the 3-dimensional stereoviews, which could be viewed through a
hand-held device called a "stereoscope" (gallery photo). America clamored for the images. Millions were produced!


   Stereoview: June 1862. Capt. James M. Robertson with 3 section chiefs (see gallery photo).



CIVIL WAR STEREOVIEW WINDOW™ is a collection of over 650 stereo anaglyphs on a data DVD, in the lossless "PNG" format.
Nearly all were made using digital masters of the original, battlefield stereo negatives archived at the nations repositories.
A handful were developed from stereo prints. These images are the very same views that were taken under difficult and sometimes
hazardous conditions by the photographers in the field. The results of their extraordinary efforts were then published in forms
such as folio prints, stereoviews, card photographs of various sizes and lantern slides, to name but a few.

Note: The collection is not a "movie", but is comprised of 3-D anaglyphs made from digital scans of primary source material.

 Negative: June 1862. Capt. James M. Robertson with 3 section chiefs near Seven Pines (see gallery photo).


A careful process of digital repair and restoration was undertaken due to the damage that occurred to the negatives after
decades of mishandling, abuse and neglect. The stereo pairs were next converted to the browser friendly, "PNG" format
in order to reduce artifacts, preserve crispness, maintain overall quality and generally prevent the kind of degradation
that can occur with other formats. In many instances, high-resolution details were used in order to offer a more intimate
and illuminating examination of the subject matter. Descriptive captions expand upon the archive titles, and reflect the latest
scholarship by experts in the field of Civil War photography. When known, the location, date and photographer information
are included in the captions.

Of special note is the inclusion of a number of rare stereoviews from the Robin Stanford Collection at the Library of Congress,
which depict prewar scenes of slaves and plantation slave life!

While so-called "combat action" photos would still be decades away, these compelling images nevertheless faithfully portray,
in an intimate way, the terrible carnage of the American Civil War and much more. You'll view scenes of daily camp life, weapons
and equipment, forts and fortifications, officers, laborers, soldiers and civilians of the Civil War. You'll travel to the battlefields
of neighboring towns and cities to view the activities of armies, navies, aeronauts and more *.

This extraordinary collection is a committed effort to preserve and present to the viewer the moving, 3-D encounter that was
experienced by millions of Americans over a century and a half ago. As described by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, physician, poet
and inventor of the hand held stereoscope: "The mind feels its way into the very depth of the picture." You'll see as never
before the true placement of all of the elements within a scene and be wondrously transported INSIDE the actual scene, giving
that "Ah-ha!" experience that the photographers intended.

These historic, 3-D snapshots of time, which have forever been preserved for us by the pioneers of documentary photography,
are patiently waiting, inviting us to explore, to examine, to imagine. You'll be there for an experience you won't soon forget.

The American Civil War was the first and only war ever to be fully documented with stereo photography. This both fascinated and
horrified an eager public. Upon viewing photographer Mathew Brady's shocking "Antietam" series, a New York Times reporter on
October 20,1862 wrote:
"Mr. Brady has done something to bring home to us the terrible reality and earnestness of war. If he has not brought
bodies and laid them in our dooryards and along the streets, he has done something very like it."


Don't miss this opportunity to own the most comprehensive collection of its kind to be found anywhere!

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
* Platform: MAC or PC
* Drives/Hardware: CD/DVD Combo Drive or DVD Drive, Mouse
* Browser: Modern, PC or MAC Javascript Enabled Browser


Written in HTML, CIVIL WAR STEREOVIEW WINDOW™ employs a "lightbox" display, and is fully compatible with all Javascript

enabled browsers. The pages have been tested in Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Internet Explorer iOS and Android browsers.
Additionally, easy printing of individual anaglyphs directly from the lightbox window is possible.

Soldiers at Fairfax Court House Va. o/a July 16, 1861 (see gallery photo)


Each DVD comes with one pair of compatible, red(L) - cyan(R) paper, anaglyph glasses.
(Additional anaglyph glasses should be purchased separately, from American Paper Optics)

IMPORTANT!!
YOUR BROWSER MUST SUPPORT "PNG" IMAGES IN ORDER TO VIEW THEM IN CIVIL WAR STEREOVIEW WINDOW™.
Most, if not all modern browsers do. To verify, google "PNG" image. If you can see the images, you're good to go.

TO PREVIEW THE ANAGLYPH EXAMPLES BELOW you'll need a pair of anaglyph glasses.
Note: While ebay gallery photo examples are necessarily in the "JPG" format, the collection's stereo anaglyphs are preserved
in the lossless, "PNG" format and are crystal clear

 Murfreesboro Tenn. | "Beef-killers" of Camp Winfield Scott | Old slave and child at the planter's house (see gallery photos)
  

WHAT ARE ANAGLYPHS?
Anaglyphs are images that provide a stereoscopic 3-D effect when viewed with 2-color anaglyph glasses (usually red-left-eye
and cyan-right-eye). The anaglyphs are made up of two superimposed, color layers, one for each eye, but offset with respect
to each other to produce a depth effect.When viewed through anaglyph glasses, they reveal a stereoscopic image that the
visual cortex fuses into the original, 3-dimensional scene.


CIVIL WAR STEREOVIEW WINDOW™ is not available on a trial basis and all sales are final.


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