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RPPC Stuhleck 1783m Alpine Ski Scene Styrian Alps Austria Postcard 1930s
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Pre-linen · 1935

RPPC Stuhleck 1783m Alpine Ski Scene Styrian Alps Austria Postcard 1930s

Stuhleck (1783 m), Styrian Alps, Austria1935Pre-linenGood

Real photo postcard of the summit snowfields of Stuhleck (1,783 m) in the Styrian Alps — wind-tortured conifers bent under heavy snow loads, a vast white slope dropping away under a grey alpine sky, one of those bleak and beautiful high-mountain scenes that no tinted card could capture. Stuhleck, above Spital am Semmering, was one of the early ski mountains accessible from Vienna by rail and a popular destination from the 1920s onward; the Alois Güntherhaus hut at the summit, whose rubber stamp appears on this card's reverse, served generations of skiers and hikers. Someone mailed this down from the mountain to a young woman named Gerlinde in the valley town of Langenwang, sending warm greetings and the mountain air by proxy.

  • Caption: Stuhleck (1783 m) — Cettsche Alpen, Stmk. — "Skiabfahrt 1000 m"
  • Publisher: Franz Hahn, Wien IX, Severingasse 17
  • Card no.: 21
  • Postmark: Spital am Semmering area (partial), c.1930s–1940s
  • Status: Posted
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PC-03841 · Franz Hahn, Wien IX, Severingasse 17
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