View of the Merligenstrasse along the Thunersee, Switzerland, Merligenstrasse, photograph, number: '1603', inscription: 'Thuner See', number: '13932', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Thunersee, 1857 - 1914, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 334 mm x width 450 mm, public road, mountains, A winding road curves along a rock face with a low stone barrier following the curve, leading into a dark arched tunnel carved into the cliff; rough textured rock dominates the right side of the scene while sparse vegetation and a few small trees cling to ledges on the left, and the foreground shows the dirt surface of the road with a shadow cast along the inner curve.
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View of the Merligenstrasse along the Thunersee, Switzerland, Merligenstrasse, photograph, number: '1603', inscription: 'Thuner See', number: '13932', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Thunersee, 1857 - 1914, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 334 mm x width 450 mm, public road, mountains, A winding road curves along a rock face with a low stone barrier following the curve, leading into a dark arched tunnel carved into the cliff; rough textured rock dominates the right side of the scene while sparse vegetation and a few small trees cling to ledges on the left, and the foreground shows the dirt surface of the road with a shadow cast along the inner curve.

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View Merligenstrasse Thunersee Switzerland photograph number 1603 inscription Thuner See 13932 photographer Giorgio Sommer 1857 - 1914 pasteboard paper albumen print height 334 mm x width 450 mm public road mountains winding road curves rock face low stone barrier following curve leading dark arched tunnel carved cliff rough textured rock dominates right side scene sparse vegetation small trees cling ledges left foreground dirt surface road shadow cast inner curve

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