Thun Lake of Aare-Insel Bernese Oberland Switzerland – Antique Photo Print
![Thun Lake of Aare-Insel Bernese Oberland Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4c/4c78d37c991e-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 rare historic print captures Thun Lake of Aare-Insel Bernese Oberland Switzerland in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Thun Lake of Aare-Insel Bernese Oberland Switzerland
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Lake Thun, the broad blue lake at the northern edge of the Bernese Oberland, is shown here with the small Aare island that sits near the river's mouth where it enters the lake. The photochrom process used to make this print was a three-stage method that combined photography with hand-prepared lithographic stones, one for each color, which gave the image its soft, painted look. Detroit Publishing Co. sold such views to American buyers as souvenirs of European travel, and this example appears in its 1905 catalog of Swiss scenes.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 17578. Views of Switzerland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,606 × 2,670 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 4294_Thun_Lake_of_AareInsel_1890.tif-06968u |
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