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

Paris by Photochrom

I am extraordinarily lucky-- not only am I off to Paris today, I am off to Paris on a trip with a curator and photohistorian to go behind the scenes at a heap of museums and other institutions to view photographic treasures. I'm pretty sure I'm dreaming. 

In case I'm not, to celebrate here is a selection of photochrom views of Paris from the late 19th century!

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Hôtel de Ville (Paris City Hall). Source

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A view over the city and the Seine. Source

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The Champs-Elysses. Source

Cornwall by Photochrom

Our favourite photolithographic process is back! Yes, the photochrom, today bringing us views of Cornwall, England. Cornwall is the subject this time around because English photochroms are fairly new on the LoC's Flickr photostream, it's a wonderful place to visit, and I have ancestry there. In fact my great-great grandfather was just leaving about the time these were being made.

ca. 1890s-1900. 

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St. Ives. Source

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The entrance to the harbour at Boscastle. Source

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Calstock, Morwell Rock. Source

I Love You, California Photochroms

Photochrom series day! California, c. 1900.

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Alcatraz and the Golden Gate (long before the Bridge), San Francisco. Source

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Glacier Point and South Dome, Yosemite. Source

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Orange Grove Avenue, Pasadena. Source

Wales by Photochrom

Photochrom time! Today, Wales. (as a side note, I've been to most of these places-- they come highly recommended!)

c. 1890-1900. 

Dolbadarn Castle (free to visit!), Llanberis. Source

Capel Curig and Snowdon. Source

Beddgelert (an adorable town). Source

Tunisia by Photochrom

More photochroms! Tunisia, this time, 1890s.

A mosque in the main street, Kairwan. Source

A crowd gathered around a snake charmer, Tunis. Source

Museum garden in Carthage. Source

Tombs and a view of Goletta, Carthage. Source

Outside a Moorish cafe, Tunis. Source

Souc-el-Trouk, Tunis. Source

Tresure Street, Tunis. Source

Sadiky Hospital, Tunis. Source

Men in Tunis. Source

Another view of the museum garden at Carthage. Source

The private drawing room in Kasr-el-Said. Source

Marr Street, Tunis. Source

A view from the minaret of the Great Mosque, Kairwan. Source

Mahomedia, the "lost town", Tunis. Source

Bab Suika-Suker Square, Tunis. Source

Mosque of St. Catherine [that's the caption!], Tunis. Source

Couscous sellers and a cafe, Tunis. Source

A view of Tunis from the Paris Hotel. Source

Another view of the private drawing room in Kasr-el-Said. Source

A nomadic group near Tunis. Source

A procession in Kairwan. Source

A street in Kairwan. Source

Men leaving the mosque, Tunis. Source

Kabah market, Tunis. Source

Ireland By Photochrom

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with some fantastic photochroms from the Emerald Isle!
c. 1890

Glenariff, County Antrim. Source

Giant's Causeway, County Antrim. Source

Meeting of the Waters, Killarney, County Kerry. Source

Cliffs of Moher, County Clare. Source

Portrush, County Antrim. Source

Lover's Leap, Dargle, County Wicklow. Source

Sugarloaf Mountain from Powerscourt, County Wicklow. Source

Ross Castle, County Kerry. Source

The Harbour, Kingstown, County Dublin. Source

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Source

St. Stephen's Green Park, Dublin. Source

Sackville St. and O'Connell Bridge, Dublin. Source

Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny. Source

Bray, County Wicklow. Source

Lough Gill, County Sligo. Source

Blarney Castle, County Cork. Source

The Quays, Waterford. Source

Innisfallen, Killarney, County Kerry. Source

Glendalough, County Wicklow. Source