To animate the image scroll down to the first comment below or view original size. Details and History The Wikimedia Commons website offers a multitude of historical images with no restrictions on use. This William Notman branded stereoview titled Broadway on a rainy day is from the Instantaneous Views of New York series. Though Notman (1826-1891) was a prominent 19th century photographer renowned for his innovative photography, he may have merely published this. The same image appears at www.common-place.org/vol-10/no-04/lessons/ attributed to E & H T Anthony, Anthony's instantaneous views no. 188 (1859), and in a similarly attributed image in the NYPL digital gallery.. Copyright Advisory This item is indicated as being in the public domain on its Wikimedia page: secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/File:Broadway... . 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?G91F183_067F . Technical trivia The source PNG file was enhanced in HSL colorspace (Picturewindow Pro) by adjusting the luminance channel color curve. Regions of insignificant intensity were cut then the remaining data was expanded to fill the window. Aggressive noise reduction (Noiseware pro) smoothed dark areas by eliminating white dust and specks. Subsequent image manipulations and animated gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes.
