Caption
View of the Mer de Glace near Mont Blanc in Chamonix, Chamounix. Mer de glace., Views and landscapes in Europe, Africa and Asia, Geographical Sculpture Gallery, collected by MJ Broekhuijsen, Head of a school in Amsterdam, stereograph, Bottom left of photo numbered: 722., annotation: 'MER DE GLACE (ICE sea) one of the largest glaciers in the Alpine region, 9 km long and here and there more than 1 km wide., The village of CHAMOUNIX at the foot of MONT-BLANC in the valley of the ARVE (tributary of the RHONE) is not visible in the picture. This one was taken east of Chamonix, on the road along the lower part of the glacier at +, - 1500 m above sea level.', annotation: 'France-Switzerland Border', Chamonix, publisher: Merkelbach & Co., Amsterdam, compiler (person in literature): Martien Johan Broekhuijsen, c. 1905, photographer, compiler (person in literature), pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 89 mm x width 178 mm, Part of a group of 52 stereophotos used in primary education as a supplement to school charts. The entire series consisted of 274 items in 10 categories (A to K)., glacier, Mer-de-Glace, A sepia-toned landscape showing distant rugged mountains and steep rocky slopes framing a lighter valley area, with a broad textured expanse that appears glacier-like stretching through the middle; darker silhouettes of conifer trees and rocky foreground ridges occupy the lower portion of the scene, and the overall image has a grainy, aged appearance.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A80_073
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