Caption

Rigi Railway (Schnurtobel Bridge), View of the Rigi Railway bridge with mountains in the background, album page, photograph, This photo is part of an album., annotation: 'Rigi Railway', number: '99.', c. 1885 - in or before 1892-05-04, photographer, paper, albumen print, height 210 mm x width 272 mm, railway, train, mountains, A sepia-toned photograph shows an elevated wooden walkway supported by metal and wooden trestles extending across a grassy hillside, with curved railings along its sides and a small covered viewing platform on the walkway. Pine trees rise beneath and around the structure, and a path runs along the slope beside the support columns. In the background there are faint outlines of mountain peaks beneath a pale sky, and the foreground shows textured grass and scattered low shrubs.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B10_145

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.4Mb (9.3Mb) / 11.3in x 14.5in / 3402 x 4352 (300dpi)

Keywords

Rigi Railway Schnurtobel Bridge View Rigi Railway bridge mountains background album page photograph photo part album annotation number 99 c 1885 - 1892-05-04 photographer paper albumen print height 210 mm x width 272 mm railway train sepia-toned photograph elevated wooden walkway supported metal wooden trestles extending across grassy hillside curved railings sides small covered viewing platform walkway Pine trees rise beneath structure path runs slope beside support columns faint outlines mountain peaks beneath pale sky foreground textured grass scattered low shrubs