Full Moon: The Left Hand Moon was Photographed June 2nd, 1871. The Right Hand Moon was Photographed Aug. 29, 1871

Lewis Morris Rutherfurd American
Publisher E. & H. T. Anthony American

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Like Warren De La Rue before him, Rutherfurd produced lunar stereoviews, pairing photographs of the full moon taken at different times and places. Seen through an optical viewer, the composite image presents an otherwise impossible three-dimensional view of the moon.

Full Moon: The Left Hand Moon was Photographed June 2nd, 1871. The Right Hand Moon was Photographed Aug. 29, 1871, Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (American, New York 1816–1892 Tranquility, New Jersey), Albumen silver print

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