Hercules Pillar Bad Schweizermuhle Saxony Germany – Historic Photograph Print
![Hercules Pillar Bad Schweizermuhle Saxony Germany, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ed/edbf6c646f40-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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This rare historic print captures Hercules Pillar Bad Schweizermuhle Saxony Germany in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hercules Pillar Bad Schweizermuhle Saxony Germany
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Two tall sandstone pillars rise from the wooded Bielatal near the Schweizermühle mill in Saxony, a landscape that visitors of the period came to see as part of the Saxon Switzerland region. The record gives the German title *Herkulessäulen bei Schweizermühle*, which points to the rock formations as the subject. This is a photochrom, a color print made by a process developed in Switzerland in the 1880s. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sold these prints in the United States, issued the view in its catalog around 1905. Its print number and catalog listing show how such scenic views were marketed to American buyers as souvenirs of European travel.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. catalogue J,1905. Title on item: Herkulessaulen bei Schweizermühle. Bielagrund Print no. 9668. Views of Germany |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 2,770 × 3,676 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1821_Hercules_Pillar_Bad_Sch_1890.tif-00981u |
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