On the Unter Grindelwald Glacier. Photographer: Edwards, Ernest
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Genre: Portrait Photography Mounted on p. 5; arched corners. View of a climbing party, comprising eight men and two women, posed on the Lower Grindelwald Glacier.
Tyrol. Der Ortler, vom Taboretta-Gletscher aus gesehen. Photographer: Johannes, B.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the Taboretta Glacier looking towards the summit of the Ortles peak, with a group of climbers posed on the snowfield in the middleground of the photograph.
Chamonix (Le Mauvais Pas au chapeau). Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view looking down onto the Chamonix Valley, with the upper reaches of the Mer de Glace Glacier in the foreground. On the left a group of climbers can be seen negotiating the narrow roped path (the 'Mauvais Pas') along the side of the glacier.
Scheinigeplatte (Bernese Oberland) [Schynige Platte]. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
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Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view from the mountainside, looking down onto a peak of the Schynige Platte, just south of Interlaken. With a group of climbers posed in the right foreground.
Summit of the Titlis. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
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Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view looking towards the cairn on the summit of Mount Titlis, with skiers and climbers posed in the snow in the foreground. A camera on a tripod, miscellaneous photographic equipment and a dark tent can be seen in the middleground.
Photographs of mountain scenery and mountaineering in the Himalayas and Karakorams.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 155 loose prints, divided into the following categories: Prints 1-15 Commercial views of mountain scenery, including the Sind Valley, Liddar Valley, Baltoro Glacier, K2. The majority of these appear to date from the 1890s-1900s. Several are stamped on the reverse, 'From A. M. Heat...