Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0272Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of a park in a large city, a statue of a man on a horse is seen in the foregrand, a large river is seen in the midground and several large buildings are in the background. Above the image "T363 (Stat)" is printed, below the image "161T Lovely Geneva, Home of the Leauge of Nations, Switzerland." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
1861
GENEVA, HOME OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS, SWITZERLAND
At the south end of Lak Geneva, where the swift blue waters of the Rhone emerge form it, lies the city of Geneva. We are over-looking the Place de Alpes. The Rhone divides the town into two parts; the part shown at the rigth of the view bieng the Old Town, the set of Government and the center of traffic; and the part seen in the distance across ther river being the Quartier St. Gervais with its suburbs. The two halves of the city are connected by six bridges. Handosme quays with tempting shops flank the river near the bridges. The Quai du Monthblanc, which lies before us, affords a fine view of Mont Blanc. On the left side of the quay rise the Brunswick Monument erected to Duke Charles II, who died in 1873 and left his property of 20,000,000 francs to the city of Geneva.
Geneva owes much of its renown to the many illustirous men who have lived here. It is a city of great antiqutity. Nealry two thousand years ago it was described by Julius Caesar as a populous and well fortified place. In the third century Christianity was intorudced here, and later the doctrine of the Reformation found here a zealous champion in John Calvin, who came to Geneva in 1536. He organized the Reformed Church, developed public instruction, and founded the College, and Geneva became the refuge of persectured Protestants of all nationalities. "Protestant Rome" the city has sometimes been called. Voltaire and Rousseau also came to mind here many a time. Rousseau's Island is visible in the river, just beyond the bridge. The first stem-winding watch was made in Geneva. Artistic enamels, music boxes, electric apparatus and jewelry are likewise among its many manufactures.
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