The Rhone River in Lyon, France, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography, 1927

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A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by French press Agency. View of the Rhone River in Lyon, … Read more A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by French press Agency. View of the Rhone River in Lyon, France, March 1927.
The view of the Rhone River was taken from the banks of the river in Lyon, dated March 26, 1927.
Features:
Original Silver Gelatin Print Photography Unframed.
Press Photography.
Press Agency: French.
Photographer: Anonymous.
Title: The Rhone River in Lyon, March 26, 1927.
Provenance: Private collection
Image Size: 4.41 in high (11.2 cm) x 6.65 in wide (16.9 cm) - Archivally matted in a 17 x 13 mat.
The piece will be shipped in a mat (17 x 13 in) that fits a standard-sized frame.
No ink stamp, no legend.

Note: The Rhône is a prominent river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Arles, near its mouth, the river divides into the Great Rhône and the Little Rhône. The resulting delta forms the Camargue region.
The river's source is the Rhône Glacier, at the east edge of the Swiss canton of Valais. The glacier is part of the Saint-Gotthard Massif, which gives rise to three other major rivers: the Reuss, Rhine, and Ticino.
The Rhône is, with the Po and Nile, one of the three Mediterranean rivers with the highest water discharge.
Before railroads and highways were developed, the Rhône was an important inland trade and transportation route, connecting the cities of Arles, Avignon, Valence, Vienne, and Lyon to the Mediterranean ports of Fos-sur-Mer, Marseille, and Sète. Traveling down the Rhône by barge would take three weeks. By motorized vessel, the trip now takes only three days.
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