General view Rüdesheim the Rhine Germany – Vintage Wall Art
![General view Rüdesheim the Rhine Germany, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/de/debd0379ac40-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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General view Rüdesheim the Rhine Germany comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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General view Rüdesheim the Rhine Germany
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Rüdesheim am Rhein sits where the river turns sharply northward through the Rhine Gorge, and this view takes in the town as it looked to a visitor arriving by steamer. The town was already a fixture of the wine trade and of the tourist routes that followed the river, and its vineyards climbing the slopes behind the houses drew travelers as much as the town itself did. The photochrom process used to make this print was a Swiss technique that transferred photographs onto stone and then inked them in several colors, giving the scene a painted, saturated look. Prints like this one, from the late 1890s, were sold widely as souvenirs and show how German river towns were presented to tourists at the time.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Print no. 1356. Views of Germany |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,592 × 2,643 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1482_General_view_Ruumldeshe_1890.tif-00871u |
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