Inscribed 'photo Firm 24 august 1930', this silver gelatin photograph by an anonymous Swiss photographer shows the Maerjelensee, Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland.

The Maerjelensee, a glacial lake fed by the Aletsch Glacier and known for its floating icebergs and striking blue-green colour, was a popular subject for both painters and photographers throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This precisely dated 1930 photograph captures the lake at a specific historical moment, offering a documentary counterpart to painted depictions of the same subject elsewhere in this collection.

Collectors of early twentieth-century Alpine photography and Aletsch Glacier/Maerjelensee views will find this a well-documented example, notable for its precise inscribed date.