The Summit Hotel Brunig Bernese Oberland Switzerland – Antique Wall Art
![The Summit Hotel Brunig Bernese Oberland Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/71/71a58c068783-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 The Summit Hotel Brunig Bernese Oberland Switzerland, a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Summit Hotel Brunig Bernese Oberland Switzerland
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The Summit Hotel stood at the top of the Brünig Pass, the ridge road linking Lucerne with the Bernese Oberland. The pass had carried carriage traffic for centuries, and when the railway opened over the summit in 1888, the hotel became a stop for travelers crossing between the two regions. This color photochrom comes from the Detroit Publishing Company's 1905 catalog of Swiss views, which sold these reproductions to American buyers. The photochrom process layered several lithographic stones to build up its color, and that vivid palette is a large part of why these views still stand out.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 6164. Views of Switzerland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,664 × 2,748 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 4193_The_Summit_Hotel_Brunig_1890.tif-06845u |
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