Town of Como and Lake, Italy, 1910 – Antique Photo Print
(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: Town of Como and Lake, Italy, 1910, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Town of Como and Lake, Italy
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Town of Como and Lake, Italy, 1910
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Como, at the southern tip of Lake Como in Lombardy, was a silk-manufacturing town in 1910, with its mills and dye works drawing on the region's mulberry and silkworm trade that had shaped local employment for generations. A rail line from Milan, opened in the late 1840s, carried workers and goods in and visitors out, and the funicular to the hillside village of Brunate, running since 1894, gave residents and tourists a quick climb above the rooftops. The lakeshore villas and hotels were already drawing European travelers, many from England and Germany, who came for the water views and gardens. Italy was then a young kingdom, only about half a century unified, and many families in the town still measured their prospects by the silk trade and the summer visitors who filled its quays.
| Created / published | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Creator | notman photo co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Italy |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,234 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Town of Como and Lake, Italy |
| Reference | ITALY Town of Como and Lake, 1910 |
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