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Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère Travel Poster
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An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyèr railway in Switzerland. The poster features the artist Anton Reckziegel's depiction of a Swiss landscape, with cows and sheep in the foreground, a small hilltop settlement in a valley in the middle-ground, and a portion of the Swiss Alps in the background.
1900
Hubacher & Co.
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W0144E4
WHi 68112
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