Kandersteg Hotel Victoria and Blumlisalp Bernese Oberland Switzerland – Historic Print
![Kandersteg Hotel Victoria and Blumlisalp Bernese Oberland Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4a/4aad50288227-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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Step back in time with Kandersteg Hotel Victoria and Blumlisalp Bernese Oberland Switzerland, a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Kandersteg Hotel Victoria and Blumlisalp Bernese Oberland Switzerland
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Kandersteg's Hotel Victoria stands in a Bernese Oberland village, with the snowy Blümlisalp massif rising behind it. In the 1890s, Kandersteg was a stop for walkers and climbers heading toward the Gemmi Pass, and hotels like this one housed the travelers who came to see the Alps. The photochrom process used for this print was developed in Zürich, where workers colored black-and-white photographs with multiple lithographic stones. The Detroit Publishing Company later marketed these Swiss views in America, so the picture also reflects how European mountain scenery reached American buyers.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 6664. Views of Switzerland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,666 × 2,728 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 2105_Kandersteg_Hotel_Victor_1890.tif-06926u |
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