Image:Neuschwanstein Castle LOC print rotated.jpg

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Description
English: A photochrom print of the front of Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany taken as few as ten years after the completion of the castle's construction.
Français : Un photochrome du château de Neuschwanstein, en Bavière (Allemagne). Image prise 10 ans environ après la fin de la construction du château. Le procédé photochrome est un procédé de colorisation des clichés noir et blanc utilisant des procédés lithographiques (article en Anglais)
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Date
English: Exact date unknown. Between 1890 and 1905
Français : Photo originale prise entre 1890 et 1905. Date exacte inconnue.
Author

Unknown. LOC information includes "Detroit Photographic Company, 1905"
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Other versions Rotated the image counterclockwise by 1.1° and cropped slightly to straighten castle. Original is leaning slightly to the right.
Heavily cropped version, with some tonal adjustments.

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current19:51, 3 October 20073,502×2,554 (3.06 MB)Sarfa (Rotated the image counterclockwise by 1.1 degrees and cropped slightly to straighten castle. Original is leaning slightly to the right.)