Giornico old chestnut tree near the railway St. Gotthard Railway Switzerland – Antique Wall Art
![Giornico old chestnut tree near the railway St. Gotthard Railway Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d8/d89e92c1b1a3-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 Giornico old chestnut tree near the railway St. Gotthard Railway Switzerland. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Giornico old chestnut tree near the railway St. Gotthard Railway Switzerland
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A large old chestnut stands beside the tracks at Giornico, a village in Ticino's Leventina valley, where the St. Gotthard Railway runs across the valley floor. The line opened in 1882 and linked northern Europe with Italy through a tunnel beneath the pass, so trains passing this tree carried travelers and freight along one of the most demanding routes in the Alps. The picture is a photochrom, a color process developed in Switzerland in the 1880s, and this copy was issued by the Detroit Publishing Co. in its Views of Switzerland catalog.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 1248. Views of Switzerland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 2,755 × 3,684 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1540_Giornico_old_chestnut_t_1890.tif-07766u |
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