Realistic Travels. This company came late to the market. Darrah dated the company as approximately 1908 to 1916. The earlier date may well be correct, but they certainly existed into the 1920s. Run by Captain (Doctor) H.D. Girdwood, they profited enormously with a massive output of views of the First World War. Captain Girdwood may well have had some kind of semi-official role as war photographer - one view shows him in uniform, discussing photography with the Prince of Wales. Dating these required a bit of detective work but one view shows a meeting of the League of Nations - which wasn't formed until 1919. Another shows English tourists dressed in the style of the early 1920s. The views provide a welcome change, their quality from a photography and processing point of view matches or exceeds that of Underwood. Whereas Realistic Travels views of WWI are fairly easy to find, their other output is much rarer. We are pleased, therefore, to be able to offer so many of their interesting views. Although listed as curved mounts, they have only a very slight curve. The stereoscopic effect is uniformly excellent.
'Giant peaks of the Bernese
Oberland and cloud-veiled valleys from the summit of Neisden'.
Condition 9.
Order #3151.
Price $12.
'Chalets in enchanting Lauterbrunnen
Valley, admired for its waterfalls and grandeur of its mountains'.
Condition 9.
Order #3152.
Price $12.
'Chalets and hayfields on high
Alpine slopes, to distant mighty peaks of the Jungfrau and Silberhorn'.
Condition 9.
Order #3153.
Price $12.
'A street in Scheidegg, sheltered
by the snow-clad foothills of the Bernese Oberland'.
Condition 9.
Order #3154.
Price $12.
'Jungfraubahn, starting point
Europe's highest railway, tunneling through Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau'.
Condition 9.
Order #3155.
Price $12.
'A great ice cateract, the
Aeletsch (sic) glacier moving down the slopes of Mount
Monch, Bernese Oberland'.
Condition 9.
Order #3156.
Price $12.
'The source of the famous Aletsch
glacier, the Bernese Oberland clad in a mantle of glistening snow'.
Condition 9.
Order #3157.
Price $12.
'Sunshine and shadow on the
top of the Jungfrau, the beginning of the mighty Aletsch glacier'.
Condition 9.
Order #3158.
Price $12.
'Looking down from the top
of the Aletsch glacier, lying between the snow-covered walls of the Alps'.
Condition 9.
Order #3159.
Price $12.
'Where Alpinists climb with
wary steps, tremendous serac on icy plateau between Monch and Jungfrau'.
Condition. Slight production
fault at top of left image.
Order #3160.
Price $8.
'A snow storm raging on the
summit of the Jungfrau, seen from the safety of the railway tunnel'.
Condition 9.
Order #3161.
Price $12.
'The dazzling whiteness of
the Monch, from the icy ridge connecting it with the Jungfrau'.
Condition 9.
Order #3162.
Price $12.
'Cattle grazing on Alpine pastures
neath the rocky snow-fringed slopes of the Bernese Oberland'.
Condition 9.
Order #3163.
Price $12.
'Herdsman's hut of logs near
the timber line beneath the glistening slopes of the Eiger'.
Condition 9.
Order #3164.
Price $12.
'Peaceful Alpine pastures near
Grindelwald, surrounded by the eternal snows of the Wetterhorn'.
Condition 9.
Order #3165.
Price $12.
'From Alpglen over Swiss chalets
and the Grindelwald valley to the upper glacier and the Wetterhorn'.
Condition. Slight surface
marks.
Order #3166.
Price $10.
'Looking across the green playing
fields at Interlaken to distant snow-capped peaks of the Jungfrau'.
Condition 8.
Order #3167.
Price $10.
'An open-air dance by youths
and maidens in national costume of the Bernese Oberland at Interlaken'.
Condition 9.
Order #3168.
Price $12.
'The floral clock in the beautiful
gardens of the Kursaal at Interlaken'.
Condition 9.
Order #3169.
Price $12.
'Sunset on the Lake of Thun
lying deep amid the mighty Alpine mountains, Interlaken'.
Condition 9.
Order #3171.
Price $12.
'From Guten Hill over Berne,
situated on a peninsula formed by the River Aare'.
Condition 9.
Order #3172.
Price $12.
'Looking through the railway
bridge up the Aare River to Federal Capitol reflected in its waters, Berne'.
Condition 9.
Order #3173.
Price $12.
'The Market Place, Berne; the
clock tower built over the old west gate is now the centre of town'.
Condition 9.
Order #3174.
Price $12.
'Vegetable market in Casina
Platz with its old buildings at Berne, the capital of Switzerland'.
Condition 9.
Order #3175.
Price $12.
'Dog and master on morning
milk round near Holy Ghost Church, Berne'.
Condition 9.
Order #3176.
Price $15.
'Fountain and lime tree where
the runner fell dead with the word Victory on his lips in 1476, Fribourg'.
Condition 9.
Order #3177.
Price $12.
'From St Nicholas Church over
Fribourg and bridge across the Sarine River to city walls and tower'.
Condition 9.
Order #3178.
Price $12.
'From Mt Balanc bridge and
Rosseau Island over Geneva to Grand and Petit Saleve peaks'.
Condition 9.
Order #3181.
Price $12.
'Place Bel Air and market on
the Qual de Lille bridge over the Rhine, Geneva'.
Condition 9.
Order #3182.
Price $12.
'The portal of the League of
Nations' building set amid the peaceful beauty of the lake, Geneva'.
Condition 9.
Order #3183.
Price $12.
'A meeting of the historic
League of Nations, the President and other officials on the dias, Geneva'.
Condition 9.
Order #3184.
Price $12.
'Summer pastures neath glistening
snows of the Mt Blanc chain and Bossons glacier, Chamonix'. Yup, I know
it's in France but the bit at the top isn't.
Condition 9.
Order #3185.
Price $12.
'Billowed stream-like formation
of the great Mer de Glace glacier, from Montanvert to Grand Jorasses'.
Condition 9.
Order #3186.
Price $12.
'Crossing the crevassed surface
of the Mer de Glace, an immense sea of "frozen waves" of snow and ice'.
Condition. Slight scratch.
Order #3187.
Price $10.
'Frightful deep crevasses in
the Mer de Glace glacier where a false step means death in the depths below'.
Condition 9.
Order #3188.
Price $12.
'Looking up the valley of the
Rhone through the Gemni Pass to the Wildstrubel mountains'.
Condition 9.
Order #3189.
Price $12.
'Cattle grazing on tableland
overlooking Brieg and the Rhone Valley to Wildstrubel'.
Condition 9.
Order #3190.
Price $12.
'Electric cog railway from
Zermatt to the Hotel Gornergrat, commanding world famous outlooks'.
Condition 9.
Order #3191.
Price $12.
'Where streams of the mighty
Gorner glacier unite below the Gornergrat, across to summit of Mt Rosa'.
Condition 9.
Order #3192.
Price $12.
'The wedge-shaped Matterhorn
with its pennant of clouds and eternal snowfields, from Gornergrat'.
Condition. Slight scratches.
Order #3193.
Price $8.
'Tourists tied together with
rope attempt the ascent of a dangerous crevasse in the Rhone glacier'.
Condition 9.
Order #3194.
Price $12.
'Beautifully situated on the
shores of the lake, delightful Lugano from the tower on Monte Salvatore'.
Condition 9.
Order #3195.
Price $12.
'Glory of the Swiss valleys,
the chain of lakes in the Upper Engadine, enclosed by lofty mountain ranges'.
Condition 8.
Order #3196.
Price $10.
'Extensive vista over the lake
and town of St Moritz and the Upper Engadine to Celerina and Smarden'.
Condition 9.
Order #3197.
Price $12.
'An inspiring outlook over
the Morteratsch glacier to the snow covered peaks of Bellavista and Bernina'.
Condition 9.
Order #3198.
Price $12.
'A mountain torrent rushing
down from the melting snows on the Bernina range. Upper Engadine'.
Condition 9.
Order #3199.
Price $12.
'A climbing party crossing
a snowfield in a lateral moraine on the way to the Morteratsch glacier'.
Condition 9.
Order #3200.
Price $12.
'Floating ice on the glacier
lake, 9000 ft high amid the mighty mountains of the Bernina group'.
Condition 9.
Order #3201.
Price $12.
'Tourists having lunch amid
the huge boulders on the medial moraine of the Morteratsch glacier, Engadine'.
Condition 9.
Order #3202.
Price $12.
'Terror of the Alps, an avelanche
coming down Mt Palu, from across the Morteratsch glacier, Engadine'.
Condition 9.
Order #3203.
Price $12.
'Waterfall coming down a crevasse
in the melting ice of Morteratsch glacier into the glacier lake'.
Condition 9.
Order #3205.
Price $8.
'In the wilderness of crevassed
ice on the steepest part of the Morteratsch glacier, Upper Engadine'.
Condition 9.
Order #3206.
Price $12.
'Tourists on the Diavolezza
tour, descending medial moraine of the Morteretsch glacier to the snout'.
Condition 8.
Order #3207.
Price $8.
'Great terminal moraine of
boulders and grounded rock at edge of melting ice of Morteretsch glacier'.
Condition 9.
Order #3208.
Price $12.
'Snout of the Morteratsch glacier
and terminal lateral and medial moraines left by the receding ice'.
Condition 9.
Order #3209.
Price $12.
'Curling neath the snow-clad
Alps at St Moritz, the nursery of Winter Sport in Europe'.
Condition 9.
Order #3210.
Price $12.
'The principal street of St
Moritz, famed for its winter sports and mineral baths'.
Condition 9.
Order #3211.
Price $12.
'St Mortiz, the highest village
in the Engadine, in the icy grip of winter'.
Condition 9.
Order #3212.
Price $12.
'Wonderful panoramic view of
Celerina, deep in the broad Inn valley, from St Moritz road'.
Condition 9.
Order #3213.
Price $12.
'In the melting moments of
springtime - glorious morning reflections on Lake St Mortiz'.
Condition 9.
Order #3214.
Price $12.
'Entrance to the world's longest
tunnel (12½ miles), the Simplon, which connects Switzerland and
Italy'.
Condition. Stain over title.
Slight white marks in sky on left image.
Order #3215.
Price $12.
'Looking across the yellow
lake to Cambrena glacier and cloud veiled mountains from Bernina Hospice'.
Condition 9.
Order #3216.
Price $12.
'The caharm of the Swiss Alps:
Looking up the Palu glacier over the snout and stream from Alp Grum'.
Condition. Light stain on
right image.
Order #3217.
Price $8.
'Lakes amid lofty Alpine mountains,
the watershed divides the waters flowing to Italy and Switzerland'.
Condition 9.
Order #3219.
Price $12.
'From summit of Alp Grum looking
through the Bernina Pass and down to Italian lakes and villages'.
Condition 9.
Order #3220.
Price $12.
'From the Svretta Hotel, St
Moritz Bad over Sils Lake, Silvaplana and Camphor, to the Maloja Pass'.
Condition 9.
Order #3221.
Price $12.
'Silvaplana situated on a delta
built up by soil brought down by mountain brooks from Piz Julien'.
Condition. Surface scratches.
Order #3222.
Price $8.
'From pine-clad slope above
Sils lake over village of Sils Maria to the Fex glacier, Upper Engadine'.
Condition 9.
Order #3223.
Price $12.
'Examining a choice bunch of
grapes, in a vineyard on slopes above Rorschach, Lake Constance'.
Condition 9.
Order #3224.
Price $12.
'The madly rushing waters of
the Falls of the Rhine from base of the middle island, Neuhausen'.
Condition. Slight processing
creases.
Order #3225.
Price $5.
'Factories along the Rhine
at Schatthausen, an industrial city utilizing power obtained from the falls'.
Condition 9.
Order #3226.
Price $12.
'Looking down the Rhine, past
its many bridges, towards Alsace-Lorraine and Little Basle on the right'.
Condition. Slight production
fault at top of left image.
Order #3227.
Price $8.
'Beautiful Zurich spread out
around the Lake, from the heights of the Utliberg'.
Condition 9.
Order #3228.
Price $12.
'The shopping and residential
centre of Zurich, the largest Swiss city, from the tower of Urania'.
Condition 9.
Order #3229.
Price $12.
'Churches and public buildings
of Zurich, with its delightful water front and traffic on Limmat river'.
Condition. Slight processing
dent.
Order #3230.
Price $12.
'Tell's chapel at Fuelen on
the Lake of Lucerne where Tell leapt ashore and escaped from Gesseler'.
Condition 9.
Order #3231.
Price $10.
'English tourists visiting
the statue of Tell and his son near the village fountain of Altdorf'.
Condition 9.
Order #3232.
Price $12.
'A peep from the tunnel of
the Axenstrasse, hewn in the mountain cliffs bordering the Lake of Lucerne'.
Condition. Slight production
faults.
Order #3233.
Price $8.
'Panoramic view of Schwyz on
the Lake of the Four Cantons, to spurs of the Rigi and Uri Rothstock'.
Condition 9.
Order #3234.
Price $12.
'The caldrons in which the
water is evaporated from milk. Nestle's condensed milk factory, Cham'.
Condition 9.
Order #3235.
Price $22.
'From Gutsch over Lucerne,
the river, and its lovely lake to the Rigi famed for its commanding views'.
Condition 9.
Order #3236.
Price $12.
'Sunrise on Lake Lucerne, looking
across the Gutsch hill which commands a splendid view of Lucerne'.
Condition 9.
Order #3237.
Price $10.
'Picturesque wooden bridge
with roman tower across the Reuss river to hotel-lined lake, Lucerne'.
Condition 9.
Order #3238.
Price $12.
'Mountain path on a dizzy ledge
of the Stanserhorn, overlooking wooded mountain spurs to snowclad Alps'.
Condition 9.
Order #3239.
Price $12.
'A vista of many miles over
sombre valleys to the sunlit snows of Bernes Oberland, from Stanserhorn'.
Condition. Light processing
lines.
Order #3240.
Price $10.
'A glimpse from rugged heights
of the Stanserhorn, over valleys to Titlis and the Bernese Oberland'.
Condition 9.
Order #3241.
Price $12.
'A world of eternal snow, the
Bernese Oberland from tourists' outlook on Mt Stanserhorn'.
Condition 9.
Order #3242.
Price $12.
'Looking through arch in old
city wall showing one of the ancient Roman towers, Lucerne'.
Condition 9.
Order #3243.
Price $12.
'A quaint old 16th-17th century
house in the corn market, Lucerne'.
Condition 9.
Order #3244.
Price $12.
'Tobogganists climbing slopes
above Mt Moritz overlooking the lake towards Maloja Pass '.
Condition 8.
Order #3245.
Price $8.
Keystone. Keystone sometimes used
Underwood negs. after they bought them out. At other times they sent out
photographers to make more up-to-date images.
'Bird's-eye view of Berne'.
Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #3246.
Price $12.
'Lovely Geneva, home of the
League of Nations'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #3247.
Price $12.
'The Grand Central Hall, Musee
Ariana, Geneva'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #3248.
Price $12.
'Mont Blanc Street, Geneva'.
Condition 9.
Order #3249.
Price $12.
'The neighbourhood of William
Tell - Lofty Mount Pilatus towering above Lucerne'.
Condition 9.
Order #3250.
Price $10.
'Tunnels of the Axenstrasse.
Overhanging Lake Lucerne'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #3251.
Price $12.
'The Wetterhorn from Grindelwald'.
Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #3252.
Price $12.
'Village of Wengen'. Descriptive
text.
Condition 9.
Order #3253.
Price $12.
'Mountain corridors, Gorner
Gorge'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #3254.
Price $12.
'Winter in the Valley of Lauterbrunnen'.
Condition. One surface deposit
on right image
Order #3255.
Price $8.
'The Jungfrau "Queen of Alpine
Heights", from Wengen'. Descriptive text.
Condition. Mount is trimmed
at top.
Order #3256.
Price $6.
'Winter splendor in the Valley
of Lauterbrunnen'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #3257.
Price $12.
'Lovely Vale of Lauterbrunnen,
from Wengen'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #3258.
Price $12.
'Ice pyramids and treacherous
crevasses of Bossons Glacier, Mt Blanc from the Swiss side'. Descriptive
text.
Condition 9.
Order #3259.
Price $12.
'A magnificent Alpine prispect
- from Trinkhalle to the Jungfrau, Interlaken'.
Condition. Slight production
fault at bottom.
Order #3260.
Price $8.
'A winter landscape, Grindelwald'.
Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #3261.
Price $8.
'Her favorite - Little Swiss
girl on the mountains, Grindelwald'. Descriptive text.
Condition 8.
Order #3262.
Price $8.
'Looking towards Murren and
the Breithorn from Wengen'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #3263.
Price $10.
'Grindelwald on market day'.
Condition 7.
Order #3264.
Price $8.
'Montreux'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #3265.
Price $10.
'Cable road to Murren from
Lauterbrunnen'.
Condition 9.
Order #3266.
Price $8.
'Lauterbrunnen Valley and the
lovely Fall of the Staubbach'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #3267.
Price $6.
'The ever-glorious Jungfrau'.
Condition 5 (moderate marks
and scratches).
Order #3268.
Price $2.
'In the heart of the Alpine
mountains - Zermatt from the Riffelap'.
Condition 7.
Order #3269.
Price $6.
'Murren, the loftiest hamlet
in Switzerland'.
Condition 7.
Order #3270.
Price $6.
'Glimpses of snowy peaks throught
the framework of a forest glade - above Wengen'.
Condition 8. Trimmed on manufacture
at left.
Order #3271.
Price $8.
'A frail parapet - Gorges du
Triant near Vernayaz'.
Condition 8.
Order #3272.
Price $8.
'Blowing the Alpine horn, Grindelwald'.
Condition 6 (mark on right
image is publisher's correction).
Order #3273.
Price $6.
'In the Bernese Oberland -
Brienzer Rothhorn Railway'.
Condition 9.
Order #3274.
Price $12.
'Looking south over the Eggishorn
over Rhone Valley ot Monte Leone and Fletchhorn'.
Condition 8.
Order #3275.
Price $8.
The Fine Art Photographers' Publishing Company. This was the UK imprint of B.L. Singley who founded Keystone. All views carry some descriptive text on the back.
'Overlooking Lauterbrunnen
from Wengen'.
Condition 8 but tightly trimmed
at top.
Order #3276.
Price $6.
'The Kapellbrucke Crossing
the River Reuss, Lucerne'.
Condition 8 but roughly trimmed
at top.
Order #3277.
Price $6.
'Blowing the Alpine horn, Grindelwald.'.
Condition 8 but roughly trimmed
at top.
Order #3278.
Price $6.
'Overlooking Lauterbrunnen
from Wengen'.
Condition 8 but roughly trimmed
at top.
Order #3279.
Price $6.
'Village of Wengen'.
Condition 8.
Order #3280.
Price $8.
'Lauterbrunne Valley and the
lovely Fall of the Staubbach'.
Condition 9.
Order #3281.
Price $12.
'To the clouds by rail - Mt
Pilatus'.
Condition. Very slight dent
in mount at bottom.
Order #3282.
Price $8.
'Rocky forest-crowned peaks
guarding the peaceful little valley of Lauterbrunnen'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #3283.
Price $10.
Excelsior. M.E. Wright of Burnley,
England. A quirky publisher who, nevertheless managed a wide circulation
in the UK and the US. Purchased many of his negs fom other publishers but
also produced a lot of his own views. Some of his Egypt and middle-eastern
views are proved to have been taken in the studio with his family dressed
in sheets and striped towels! As far as I know there are no cardboard mountains
here. One other problem with his views- he was pretty mean and didn't like
throwing the fixer away so much of his production is either light or faded.
Well worth trying a couple for a refreshingly different slant.
'Shepherd and his flock, Switzerland'.
Condition 8.
Order #3284.
Price $8.
'The Axenstrasse, Lake Lucern'.
Condition 7.
Order #3285.
Price $6.
'Axenstrass Drive and Lake
Lucerne'.
Condition 8.
Order #3286.
Price $8.
'The Swiss Express'.
Condition 8.
Order #3287.
Price $8.
'The great Scheideck Glacier'.
Condition. Typical lightness
of a Wright view.
Order #3288.
Price $4.
'St Gothard Pass'.
Condition. Stains on left
image.
Order #3289.
Price $3.
'St Gothard Pass'.
Condition. Views OK.
Order #3290.
Price $4.
'The Reichenbach Falls and
Wetterhorn Alp'.
Condition. Views nicely.
Order #3291.
Price $5.
'The Mirror, Lake Zug'. This
is typical of Wright. Looks nothing but is a little gem. A delight to view.
Condition. Very sharp but
slight marks in sky.
Order #3292.
Price $12.
'Finsteraar Schlucht Meyringen'.
Condition 8.
Order #3293.
Price $8.
'Jungfrau from Grindelwald'.
Condition 8.
Order #3294.
Price $8.
'The Black Forest, Switzerland'.
Condition 8.
Order #3295.
Price $5.
'The Shonegg Ice Cavern, Grindenwald'.
Condition 8.
Order #3296.
Price $8.
H. C. White. Generally reckoned
to be the best publisher of this period from a technical and processing
point of view. Marketed as the 'Perfec-Stereograph'. The high gloss makes
them difficult to scan.
'A street in lovely Lauterbrunnen'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #3297.
Price $12.
'The Axenstrasse, 300 ft. above
Lake Lucerne'.
Condition 6/7 (mount bumped
at sides).
Order #3298.
Price $8.
'The rocky summit of Mt Pilatus
from a tunnel in the path to the ????'. Very classy!
Condition 7.
Order #3299.
Price $12.
'The cloud-capped heights above
Lauterbrunnen'.
Condition 8.
Order #3300.
Price $12.
Other Publishers
American Stereoscopic Co. 'Great
gorge of the Gorner Glacier'. High quality.
Condition 9.
Order #3301.
Price $15.
Universal Stereoscopic View
Co. Faded out title in view. Handwritten 'Switzerland'. Nice view of village
washing day. Women washing, man leaning on pump; plus ca change.
Condition 8.
Order #3302.
Price $15.
Universal Stereoscopic View
Co. 'Swiss - Berne'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #3303.
Price $15.
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