The disappearance of glaciers in the 21st century is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time. As the global climate continues to warm, glaciers around the world are melting at an alarming rate.
The photographs of glaciers from the 19th century serve as important historical records and documents of a rapidly changing landscape.
Anonymous c. 1900, Hikers on the Mont Blanc. 2232. Glacier des Bossons. Photogravure
Photochrom Zurich, c. 1905, Pasterzenabsturz - Grossglockner
Photolithographic print
Edit. Schröder & Co., Zurich, 1890s, 301. Grindelwald Grotte du Glacier
Collotype
A.G. Landreth, c. 1913, Niagara Falls in winter
Silverbromide printing-out-paper
J. Unterrainer, 1890s, Venedigerspitze
Cabinet card
Underwood & Underwood, 1897, The ascent of Jungfrau—crossing the glacier
Albumen print stereoview
From Russian education set, Moscow, 1910, Eis-Spalten, Tatrageb. / Crevasses, Tatra Mountain Range.
Gelatin silver stereoview
A. Gabler, c. 1890s, Grindelwald, Grotte du glacier inférieur - Vues de la Suisse et d‘Italie
Collotype stereoview
H.C. White, 1904, Difficulties of mountain climbing—Crevasse in Elliot Glacier, Mt. Hood, Oregon, U.S.A. Collodion paper stereoview