Frutigen and Balmhorn Bernese Oberland Switzerland – Vintage Wall Art
![Frutigen and Balmhorn Bernese Oberland Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e1/e188645fce7f-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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Frutigen and Balmhorn Bernese Oberland Switzerland 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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Frutigen and Balmhorn Bernese Oberland Switzerland
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Frutigen, a village in the Kander valley of the Bernese Oberland, sits below the Balmhorn, a peak of roughly 3,700 meters in the Bernese Alps, and this view pairs the settlement with the mountain. The photochrom process, developed in Switzerland in the 1890s, transferred a photograph onto multiple lithographic stones, one for each color, which produced the soft, saturated greens and blues seen here. Detroit Publishing Co. sold such Swiss views to American buyers, and this one is listed as print number 9241 in its 1905 catalog.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 9241. Views of Switzerland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 2,767 × 3,711 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1293_Frutigen_and_Balmhorn_B_1890.tif-06864u |
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