Chamonix in the 1890s

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in the 1890s.

"Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow"
Byron

Chamonix, with the mighty Mont Blanc above it, was a rather spectacular place already in the 1890s.

 

A recent picture:

 

(image by Wikipedia)