The Alps in Photochrom

High time for photochroms! Today, the Swiss Alps, in images published in 1905. 

Photochroms, for the uninitiated, are a kind of photolithograph, made commercially in the late 19th and very early 20th centuries. 

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Gemmi Hotel and Leuk, Valais. Source

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Bernese Alps, from Stanserhorn. Source

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Frutigen, church and Alps. Source

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Brunnen and the Alps, Lake Lucerne. Source

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Champéry, general view, Valais. Source

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Rochers de Naye, the Summit and the Alps. Source

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Champéry, Moulins Bridge and Dent du Midi on the Road to Champéry, Valais. Source

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Murren, Hotel des Alps. Source

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Rigi Rothhorn, view of Vitznau and the Alps, Rigi. Source

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Brieg, Valais. Source

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The Rhone Glacier, Valais. Source

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Titlis, view of the Alps, Bernese Oberland. Source

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Gornergrat Railway, Riffelberg Hotel and Station, Valais. Source

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Zermatt, Upper Staffelalp, with Matterhorn after sunset. Source

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Tomlishorn, I. and Oberland Alps, Pilatus. Source

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Saas Fee, a landscape, Valais. Source

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Arolla, Valais. Source

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Chillon Castle, and Dent du Midi, Geneva Lake. Source