Stereographs were state-of-the-art social media for a period now long gone. See more about them here.

If digital photography and media had existed back when this image was made, we’d have a very different sense of the time, as well as images capturing it.

Any ideas on the date of this image?

Many thanks to Bill Hecht for use of this photo, from his personal collection. I’d like to reiterate that Bill is responsible for “cleaning up” many of the photos posted on Dispatches, as you can see here.