Gemmi Hotel Wildstrubel Bernese Oberland Switzerland – Historic Print
![Gemmi Hotel Wildstrubel Bernese Oberland Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/71/715c15766f00-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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A window into the past: Gemmi Hotel Wildstrubel Bernese Oberland Switzerland, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Gemmi Hotel Wildstrubel Bernese Oberland Switzerland
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Where the Gemmi Pass climbs above Kandersteg toward a rocky saddle and then drops into the Valais, this photochrom shows the hotel that sheltered travelers on the crossing, with the Wildstrubel massif rising behind it. Photochrom was a color process that Swiss printers developed in the late 1880s, and the Detroit Publishing Company later sold views like this one to American buyers through its catalogues, including the 1905 edition that lists this print. For walkers and mule drivers who had spent hours on the mountain path, an inn at the top offered a welcome place to rest, which is why the hotel suits a gallery board on taverns and inns.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 17573. Views of Switzerland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,671 × 2,767 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1336_Gemmi_Hotel_Wildstrubel_1890.tif-06868u |
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