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Description: Panoramic view of Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland, with the city\'s rooftops and twin-spired Hofkirche church in the foreground, Lake Lucerne stretching into the middle distance, and the snow-capped Swiss Alps forming the backdrop. The card is titled \'Luzern und die Alpen\' (Lucerne and the Alps) in the upper left. This classic view of one of Switzerland\'s most-visited cities captures the landscape during a period of active tourism in the 1920s.
Publisher: Gebr. Wepf & Co. (Gebrüder Wepf), attributed via imprint to Kunstverlag A.-G., Luzern.
Posted: Posted July 1, 1924, per Luzern postmark, with a machine cancel advertising the Kantonal Ausstellung (Cantonal Exhibition), June 28 – August 3, 1924. Sent to Mr. Joseph [last name partially legible], North [city], [state illegible]. Message reads: \'Dear Uncle Joe, We are in Switzerland at last, but they tell me the fishing here is not so good as it looks. We are having a great trip, but we miss home & all of you very much. Love to Aunt [name] & Aunt Sophie. Joe.\'
