Aussen-Alster and Pleasure Gardens Hamburg Germany – Antique Photo Print
![Aussen-Alster and Pleasure Gardens Hamburg Germany, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/80/8058b64553dc-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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Aussen-Alster and Pleasure Gardens Hamburg Germany. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Aussen-Alster and Pleasure Gardens Hamburg Germany
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The Aussen-Alster, the outer of the two artificial lakes on the Alster river in central Hamburg, is the water that anchors this view, with its pleasure gardens and leisure grounds lining the shore. Photochrom prints like this one were made by the Photochrom process, a costly method of hand-coordinated color lithography developed in Switzerland, and the Detroit Publishing Company later issued many of its German views in catalogues such as the one cited here. Taken between about 1890 and 1900, the picture captures a city that was growing fast as a commercial port and a place for middle-class strolling, boating and open-air entertainment. Its soft, saturated colors were part of the appeal for travelers and armchair tourists of the period.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. catalogue J,1905.. Print no. 6817. Views of Germany |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,655 × 2,759 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 147_AussenAlster_and_Pleasu_1890.tif-00423u |
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