Stereocard Private collection of Jeffrey Oaks The view is a staged illustration for the poem of the same title by Will M. Carleton, first published with three illustrations on page 1 of Harper's Weekly, July 15, 1871. The poem was then included in Carleton's 1873 book Farm Ballads, published in 1873. The stereoview reimagines the first illustration from the 1871 printing.