[General view towards Merok, Geiranger Fjord, Norway] (LOC)

[General view towards Merok, Geiranger Fjord, 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. 7070.
Forms part of: Landscape and marine views of Norway in the Photochrom print collection.

Subjects:
 Norway--Geirangerfjord.

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.06121

Call Number: LOT 13432, no. 019 [item]

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    Three Sevens, Kjers.., Svein Håvard Djupvik, jodiel, and 105 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Photon canvas (49 months ago | reply)

    Very cool to see what it look like 100 years ago.

    Taken in 2006:
    Norway_26

  3. Geir Drabløs (49 months ago | reply)

    Wow... fantastic shots !

  4. basskornett (49 months ago | reply)

    What strikes me is the lack of trees a hundred years ago, probably due to today's reduced grazing from goats and sheep.

  5. palengh [deleted] (48 months ago | reply)

    Speaking of goates and sheeps. you are right. The vegitation IS keapt donwn due to farming and animal grazing. This is why Norway has the worlds most beautiful fjords. There are fjords elsewhere too - e.g. in Alaska, but there are few places in the world where vegitation is keapt down by the farming and animal grazing. In fact no other creature would be able to live in the steep, rocky mountains surrounding the fjords i Norway.

    Where people and animal live, the trees and grass is keapt down. This is what makes the Norwegian fjords uniqe in the world.

  6. palengh [deleted] (48 months ago | reply)

    By the way: the name fjord or fiord (pronounced /fjɔːd/ or pronounced /fiːɔːd/) has its origin from the norse (ancient norwegian language) word farda, which means to travel or to go (to the other side - accross the fjord).

  7. Constant Creations (46 months ago | reply)

    Amazing shots..And the high atmospheres. I want to dive into these pictures!

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