Blanc Collection

Poster advertising Chamonix and Mont Blanc
Poster for French railways advertising Chamonix and Mont Blanc in eastern France, for winter sports including skiing

Ascent Mont Blanc - 4
THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC Reaching the summit: during this final stage, each step takes ten minutes Date: 1855

Poster, Chamonix and Mont Blanc, France Date: 1955

Chamonix and Mont Blanc, France
Mont Blanc viewed from Le Jardin. 1845

Mont Blanc, the chain from La Flegere, Chamonix Valley, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Mont Blanc, the chain from La Flegere, Chamonix Valley, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Ascent Mont Blanc - 1
THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC On the glacier de Sacconay, Tissay, the chief guide, is hauled to safety after a break in the ice nearly sends him plunging into a crevasse

Ascent Mont Blanc - 2
THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC Leaving the Grands Mulets, the climbers separate, only the more experienced going on to the summit

Ascent Mont Blanc - 3
THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC One of the most difficult parts of the climb - the snow turns to ice and the climbers must cut foot-holes in order to retain a footing

Man in new blue suit, pearl vest and white shirt, 1913
Man in new blue suit, pearl vest and white shirt, designed by Kriegck, with red-lined cape. Habit nouveau par Kriegck. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Young man in fashionable outfit with top hat and cane, 1912. Mise d un jeune homme. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Bernard Boutet de Monvel from Tommaso Antonginis

Electric eel, Asian swamp eel and banded knifefish
Electric eel, Electrophorus electricus, Asian swamp eel, Monopterus albus, and banded knifefish, Gymnotus carapo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Dequevauviller after an illustration by

Two Suriname snakes: Green snake and checkered
Two Suriname snakes: Green snake (Malayan green whipsnake, Ahaetulla mycterizans?) and checkered garter snake, Thamnophis marcianus

Mont Blanc Massif - French Alps - Chamonix - The Plan Praz Terrace (2064m altitude.) Date: circa 1910s

Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London
Shepherds Market, Mayfair, London. G Ruggeri Restaurant (now Le Dondin Blanc). A Street girl (prostitute) standing on the corner of Trebeck Street and Shepherd Market Date: 1950s

Grand Mulet Cabin, Mont Blanc Date: late 19th century

Grand Mulet cabin on Mont Blanc, hand coloured photo, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Crevasse, Mont Blanc Date: late 19th century

Climbers on Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc, France Date: late 19th century

Climbers (tourists) on Mont Blanc, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Chamonix and Mont Blanc, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Climbing the Bossons Glacier, Mont Blanc, Victorian period

Tourist climbers of the Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc, Victorian period

Chamonix and Mont Blanc

Chamonix, France, Victorian period

Climbers, Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc

Mer de Glace, Chamonix, Victorian period

Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc, Victorian period

Climbers on Mont Blanc, hand coloured photo
Climbers on Mont Blanc, Victorian period, hand coloured photo

Climbing Mont Blanc

Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc

Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc, France, Victorian period

Crossing a crevasse, Mont Blanc, Victorian period

Passengers and porters at an English railway station considering what to do with a climbing rope on a trip to climb Mont Blanc, early 1900s

Champagne, Maison Ruinart, Reims, Marne, France
Bottles of Ruinart Blanc des Blancs and Ruinart Rose, in the winery at Maison Ruinart, the oldest champagne house in the world, founded in Epernay in 1729 by Nicolas Ruinart, in Reims, Marne

Poster, Savoie and Mont Blanc, France
Poster, Savoie, Mont Blanc, and Saint Gervais swimming pool, France Date: 1959

PLM poster, Combloux and Mont Blanc, France Date: 1925

Mont Blanc
A climber on the arete du Rochefort, Mont Blanc. The image is reproduced from a book of photographic studies entitled Haute Montagne'. Date: circa 1931

Poster, Chamonix Palace Hotel, Mont Blanc, France
Poster, Chamonix Palace Hotel, opening May 1914, Mont Blanc, France Date: 1914

Poster, PLM, Chamonix, Mont Blanc, France Date: 1935

Albertville: Hotel Mont Blanc. (Albertville is a subprefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of Southeastern France). Date: 1937

Pont du Mont Blanc, Geneva, Switzerland
19th century vintage photograph: Pont du Mont Blanc, Geneva, Switzerland

Mont Blanc, French Alps, France. Date: circa 1920s

Aerial view of the Swiss Alps with Mont Blanc, Mont Blanc de Cheilon and Grand Combin. Date: circa 1920s

Main street, Chamonix, France, with Mont Blanc. Date: circa 1930s

The ascent of Mont Blanc made easy: a suggestion to the followers of Mr Albert Smith. A very relaxed Victorian man is transported to the top of the mountain on a giant pair of retractable mechanical

Womens gloves in suede and kid skin, 1913
Womens gloves in suede and kid skin. Gants de suede et de chevreau glace. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames et des Modes

Woman in short-sleeved top and white skirt, 1913
Woman in short-sleeved top with embroidered trim and white skirt and stole holding two birds aloft. Robe d interieur. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Woman in dress of hand-painted old-blue veil looking at cherry blossom out of a window. Robe de voile bleu ancien peint a la main

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