Brienz Lake Hotel Giessbach Bernese Oberland Switzerland – Vintage Print
![Brienz Lake Hotel Giessbach Bernese Oberland Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/21/2139002178ca-L.webp)
(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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This historic print of Brienz Lake Hotel Giessbach Bernese Oberland Switzerland brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Brienz Lake Hotel Giessbach Bernese Oberland Switzerland
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Perched above the Giessbach falls on the shore of Lake Brienz, the Giessbach Hotel was a showpiece of the Bernese Oberland tourist trade, reached by steamer across the water and, from 1879, by a funicular up the slope. This color print comes from the Detroit Publishing Co.'s 1905 catalog of Swiss views, which sold scenes like this to American buyers eager for images of European travel. The photochrom process, developed in Switzerland in the 1880s, produced bright, painterly color that made hotels and waterfalls like this one popular souvenirs.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 6951. Views of Switzerland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 2,738 × 3,683 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 424_Brienz_Lake_Hotel_Giess_1890.tif-06843u |
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