Jacob's Well, Ausable Chasm, c. 1870s Stereoview by S.R Stoddard, Glens Falls NY drink pure water as looking inside makes very

as looking inside makes very clear

The heart was cutout and printed into to the image

when its keeper got his first hunting license (as noted in the top corner of the first page)

and I think a mish mosh from a couple of different sets

Jacob's Well, Ausable Chasm, c. 1870s Stereoview by S.R Stoddard, Glens Falls NY drink pure water as looking inside makes veryQuite a striking perspective, and more so for being doubled, making the view up to the light from deep inside "Jacob's Well" at Ausable Chasm look a bit as if captured through a pair of goggles or binoculars. This appears to be a rare one; I've just found one other out there held in the collection of the NY Public Library. SR Stoddard, printed along the left edge of the card, is short for Seneca Ray Stoddard, 1844 1917, American landscape photographer