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Airolo gorges of the Stalvedro and Airolo St. Gotthard Railway Switzerland – Vintage Print

Airolo gorges of the Stalvedro and Airolo St. Gotthard Railway Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print
Airolo gorges of the Stalvedro and Airolo St. Gotthard Railway Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].. Historic print from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Airolo gorges of the Stalvedro and Airolo St. Gotthard Railway Switzerland, preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Airolo gorges of the Stalvedro and Airolo St. Gotthard Railway Switzerland

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This photochrom shows the gorges of the Stalvedro near Airolo, the Ticino town at the southern approach to the St. Gotthard route, where the railway climbs steeply out of the valley. The line opened in 1882 and was one of the great engineering works of its day, and the rugged gorge here shows why its builders needed tunnels, bridges and tight curves. Photochrom prints like this one were made by the Photoglob company in Zürich, which hand-colored each image from a black-and-white glass negative, and Detroit Publishing Co. sold them to American buyers as souvenirs of Swiss scenery.

Created / published[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].
Medium1 photomechanical print : photochrom color.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 6753. Views of Switzerland
SourceLibrary of Congress, Photochrom Prints
Original scan2,775 × 3,706 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi
Reference51_Airolo_gorges_of_the_St_1890.tif-07758u

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