• The Royal palace - HalaasK
  • Uranienborg Church - HalaasK
  • Akershus Fortress - Trond Magnussen
  • Fountain disappeared, but was found in a loft in Hausmanns gate fifteen years ago. Restored and put back into operation. - hevold
  • In a picture taken today, the roof has turned green, and the building is a shade yellower. A librarian with the Oslo Museum says this is due to the fact that the roof was made in copper, which has corroded. - hevold
  • Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - Kadimek
  • Oscarshall - kvalvika

[Panorama from St. Hanshaugen, Christiania, Norway] (LOC)

[Panorama from St. Hanshaugen, Christiania, Norway]

[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].

1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.

Notes:
 Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J--foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905.
Print no. 7083.
Forms part of: Landscape and marine views of Norway in the Photochrom print collection.

Subjects:
 Norway--Oslo.

Format: Photochrom prints--Color--1890-1900.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Landscape and marine views of Norway (DLC) 2001699563

More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available athdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.06111

Call Number: LOT 13432, no. 009 [item]

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    *BOJ*, Multipleks, eksplosjon, trondjs, and 60 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Rsms (49 months ago | reply)

    A.k.a. Oslo (Oslo was called Christiania until ~1920)

  3. Gerry The White (49 months ago | reply)

    Quite fascinating. Was this re-coloured, or this actually a colour photo from 1890?

  4. trondjs (49 months ago | reply)

    Fascinating! The water basin providing foreground interest here was a water reservoir for Oslo (Christiania) in this time. Placed on the highest point in the area, it served water to the surrounding areas of the town.
    The photo above must have been taken from the tower of the house of the keeper of the water basin, now simply known as Tårnhuset (The Tower House). Its a kindergarten now.
    Here's an image of the house the photo was shot from, with the water reservoir (now just a fountain during summertime) in the foreground:
    Tårnhuset, St. Hanshaugen, Oslo
    GerryGray: Go to the set this came from for more info, but generally its an ink-coloured photo.

  5. Rasmus Heide (49 months ago | reply)

    Trond, what's the view like from that spot today? Do you have a shot that compares?

  6. Gerry The White (49 months ago | reply)

    This is from Grefsen in 2007, which is way higher, but still gives an impression of roughly the same view, only from a bit further away:

  7. JaguarF1 (49 months ago | reply)

    Hi Rasmus! Got one here!
    upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/ 5/5f/Basseng...

  8. hevold (49 months ago | reply)

    [Panorama from St. Hanshaugen, Christiania, Norway] 2008

    The same view, from the same place. The devil's in the details :)

  9. Itai eliasi (43 months ago | reply)

    Very Nice

  10. MoFo Film (41 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Oslo – før og nå, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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