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Lantern Slide - View of Garmisch in Winter, Germany, circa 1920s Reg. No: MM 44462

Summary:: One of 35 black and white Lantern Slides depicting images of places and people taken in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district in Bavaria, Germany, circa 1920s. This Lantern Slide depicts the town of Garmisch in winter as seen from the surrounding mountains.

Garmisch is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. In 1935 it was forced to combine with the neighbouring town of Partenkirchen to the east in anticipation of the 1936 Winter Olympic games. Today the joint town is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the two areas within the town still retain quite separate identities.
Description:: Standard format (3¼ x 3¼ inch square) lantern slide, comprising black & white photograph printed on glass with black paper edging under a protective glass cover plate.
Description Of Content:: View of the town of Garmisch in winter from the surrounding mountains. The buildings are covered in snow and a church can be seen in the middle of the village.

Discipline:

Technology

Tagged with:	houses, tourism, photography, churches, roads, mountains, townships, streetscapes, travel tourism, winter sports, snow, lantern slides
Themes this item is part of:	Domestic & Community Life Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Leisure Collection, Transport Collection
Primary Classification:	ENVIRONMENTS
Secondary Classification:	Alpine
Tertiary Classification:	villages
Format:	Lantern Slide: Black & White; Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.)
Place & Date Depicted:	Garmisch, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, circa 1920s