Grindelwald Bear Hotel and glacier Bernese Oberland Switzerland – Antique Print
![Grindelwald Bear Hotel and glacier Bernese Oberland Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/25/252fe9af3563-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 Grindelwald Bear Hotel and glacier Bernese Oberland Switzerland brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Grindelwald Bear Hotel and glacier Bernese Oberland Switzerland
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The hotel named here, the Bear, stands in Grindelwald, a village in the Bernese Oberland that sits beneath the north face of the Eiger and the Wetterhorn. Its glacier, which reaches down close to the valley floor, drew visitors who came to walk, climb, and see ice up close. The photochrom process used for this print was a Swiss technique that layered colored inks over a black-and-white photograph, and Detroit Publishing Co. sold these views to American buyers in the early 1900s. The print shows how inns like this one served the growing wave of travelers who came to the Alps in the late nineteenth century.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 6595. Views of Switzerland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 2,747 × 3,655 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1661_Grindelwald_Bear_Hotel_1890.tif-06889u |
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