IDNO

P.8059.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Ayer, general view.

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image LS.27.SW.3: "Switzerland. 27.SW.3. XXVII.22.
The Val d'Anniviers (Valais)
General View of Ayer.
Great numbers of buildings for a very small population. They are especially grouped along the principal road below, & upon an oblique road which branches off to the left of the picture & is seen on the right. The fields are on the declivities facing E. & S.E."

Place

W Europe; Switzerland; Val d'Anniviers; Ayer

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Brunhes, Jean [Author]

Collector / Expedition

Date

1910

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Image published in 'La Geographie Humaine'. Fig. 171. p. 589. [JD 27/12/2019]

Biographical Information: "Jean Brunhes was a French geographer (born 25 October 1869, Toulouse, France-died 25 August 1930, Boulogne-Billancourt). His most famous book is La géographie humaine (Human Geography)." [Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Brunhes, JD 27/12/2019]