Information request: Glass plate negative

[Michael Heal]

Copy of a glass plate negative. Photographed from an approaching ship. Does anyone know or can suggest where this may be? 

[Anne Strathie]

And from the same source, a stereoview from another angle, suggesting it was a popular tourist spot from pretty early on! https://www.loc.gov/item/2021637916/

[Michael Heal]

Thanks Anne .  Really nice photos and love the stereograph. It gives a great perspective of the mountain range. Probably many images of this popular place but maybe not on glass plate negatives.

[Anne Strathie]

There's quuite a nice early colour photograph of it at the Library of Congress  https://www.loc.gov/item/2001699471/

[Alan Hodgson]

It does look a little different today. But as Rob Whalley puts it, popular with sightseeing cruise trips. This was taken in 2022.

[Michael Heal]

Thanks Alan .   Yes some changes but looks like the small interesting white building in the center is still there.

[Rob Whalley]

The white building is Geiranger Chuch, it can be seen on Google Maps Streetview along with c. 400 photos.

[Michael Heal]

Brilliant.    Thanks

[Rob Whalley]

Merok, (Geiranger) at the head of Geirangerfjord, was, and still is, a popular destination for sightseeing cruise trips. Queen Alexandra, the wife of King Edward VII, was a keen amateur photographer, and included a couple of her snaps of Merok in her 'Christmas Gift Book' published for charity in 1908. https://ia800604.us.archive.org/29/items/queenalexandrasc00alex/que... (see pages 63 and 67).

[Michael Heal]

Thanks for the link Rob. Yes I can see this a popular place to visit. Probably thousands of recent photos out there.

[Michael Pritchard]

Tom Hunter on Twitter has suggested it is Stongfjorden, Norway See: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_Stongfjorden.jpg

And Tony Richards: Geiranger, Norway https://www.abebooks.co.uk/photographs/Norv%C3%A8ge-Merok-Geiranger...