grisons

[Frauenkirch, near Davos, Grisons, Switzerland, in winter (reversed)] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 4 older comments, and then…
• mp.ch said:

  probably the church of davos-frauenkirch -- Seen in your Mystery Pictures set. (?)

• Kevin said:

  Yep, I think you nailed it, mp.ch.

• Joe said:

  I think the picture does depict Davos-Frauenkirch, but I also think the negative was reversed when the print was made. Here's a modern view from what appears to be nearly the same angle, but the mountain background is drastically different from that in the old view. Also the side door, clearly visible in the modern views, isn't there in the LOC's picture. Here's a modern view taken from the other side of the church. The angle is not quite the same as in the old view, but the lay of the land in general appears to match the historic photo better than does the view from this side. Also there is no side door on that side of the church, plus there is even a clump of deciduous trees like those in the historic photo. Reading the comments on this view of St. Moritz from the same set, several people believe that photo was reversed as well. Maybe some of the other winter scenes in the set were also reversed when they were printed.

• Stephen J. Alexander said:

  this must be from the north. Note the shadow in this photo; also note the full sun on the modern photo. The southern side of the church faces almost due south viz. maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=...

• mp.ch said:

  you're right, stephen j., this must be a view of the northern side of the church. but then indeed, the negative was reversed, as supposed by whyaduck. – another mystery busted by the flickr-community ;-).