DESIGNER UNKNOWN
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LES DIABLERETS / SUISSE. Circa 1930.
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4
x24 inches, 99
3
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4
x61 cm. Fiedler S.A., La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Condition B+: restored pin holes in corners; crease through lower right corner; minor restoration in margins
and image.
A skier watching the arrival of the Aigle-Sépey-Diablerets railway (ASD). Diablerets is the highest
mountain in Switzerland’s Vaud Canton, with the train climbing 3,796 feet from its base at Aigle to
the Diablerets station.
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RENE MICHAUD (DATES UNKNOWN)
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VILLARS - BRETAYE. 1920.
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4
x28 inches, 100x71 cm. Simplon, Lausanne.
Condition B+ / B: tears and creases at edges; pin holes in corners; staining in right margin. Paper.
The train ride up the Col de Bretaye, in Switzerland’s Vaud Canton, was originally operated by two
companies, the Bex-Gryon-Villars (BGV) Railway and the Villars-Bretaye (VB) line, both of whose
rolling stock is seen in this image of a train pulling into its mountain terminus.
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