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Background imageSwiss Collection: Poster, Wengernalp Jungfrau Railway, Switzerland

Poster, Wengernalp Jungfrau Railway, Switzerland
Poster advertising the Wengernalp Jungfrau Railway, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, designed by Francois Gos. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Swiss Scenery - Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau

Swiss Scenery - Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau
The peaks of the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau, Switzerland Date: circa 1908

Background imageSwiss Collection: Carl Gustav Jung

Carl Gustav Jung
CARL GUSTAV JUNG Swiss psychologist in 1940

Background imageSwiss Collection: Carl Gustav Jung

Carl Gustav Jung
CARL GUSTAV JUNG Swiss psychologist at his desk

Background imageSwiss Collection: View of Zurich and distant alps, Switzerland

View of Zurich and distant alps, Switzerland

Background imageSwiss Collection: Advertisement for Geneva, Switzerland

Advertisement for Geneva, Switzerland. circa 1960

Background imageSwiss Collection: Poster advertising St Moritz for winter sports

Poster advertising St Moritz for winter sports
Poster advertising St Moritz in Switzerland for winter sports

Background imageSwiss Collection: Poster, Sils, Engadin, Switzerland

Poster, Sils, Engadin, Switzerland. circa 1930

Background imageSwiss Collection: Advertisement for Son et Lumiere, Sion, Switzerland

Advertisement for Son et Lumiere, Sion, Switzerland
Advertisement for a Son et Lumiere festival at Sion, Valais, Switzerland. circa 1960

Background imageSwiss Collection: Two cows with bells round their necks in Alpine scenery

Two cows with bells round their necks in Alpine scenery. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Poster advertising Evian les Bains

Poster advertising Evian les Bains
Poster for French railways advertising Evian les Bains, on the southern side of Lake Geneva, just across the border in Switzerland

Background imageSwiss Collection: Swiss Mountain Railway

Swiss Mountain Railway
The Swiss have more mountains than most people - and more railways to carry you up them. This is the electric rack- railway of Gernergrat, starting at Zermatt

Background imageSwiss Collection: Gandria - northern shore of Lake Lugano, Switzerland

Gandria - northern shore of Lake Lugano, Switzerland
Gandria - a quarter of the city of Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino, and a village, on the northern shore of Lake Lugano, Switzerland. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Shield and flag of Switzerland with Edelweiss flower

Shield and flag of Switzerland with Edelweiss flower. Date: circa 1903

Background imageSwiss Collection: Switzerland / Zermatt

Switzerland / Zermatt
The Matterhorn towering over the ski resort of Zermatt, Switzerland. Date: 1960s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Hotels Viktoria and Jungfrau, Interlaken, Berne, Switzerland

Hotels Viktoria and Jungfrau, Interlaken, Berne, Switzerland
Hotel Viktoria and Hotel Jungfrau, Interlaken, Berne, Switzerland

Background imageSwiss Collection: Farmlands, Donegal

Farmlands, Donegal (c.1929 - 30). Iten, Hans 1874-1930. Date: 1929-1930 (circa)

Background imageSwiss Collection: Statue of William Tell and his son

Statue of William Tell and his son in Altdorf, Switzerland (Richard Kissling, 1895) Date: circa 1930s

Background imageSwiss Collection: The Reichenbach Falls close to Meiringen, Switzerland

The Reichenbach Falls close to Meiringen, Switzerland

Background imageSwiss Collection: BANANAS

BANANAS
Banana Monstera Deliciosa, aka Fruit Salad Plant, Cariman, Mexican Breadfruit, Locust & Wild Honey, Windowleaf, Monsterio, Swiss Cheese Plant etc

Background imageSwiss Collection: Poster for the Grand Prix of the Nations

Poster for the Grand Prix of the Nations in Geneva on 21st July 1946

Background imageSwiss Collection: Alexandre Yersin

Alexandre Yersin
ALEXANDRE EMILE JOHN YERSIN Swiss medical, associated with Roux, discovered plague virus, directed Pasteur Institute in Vietnam

Background imageSwiss Collection: Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician

Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist

Background imageSwiss Collection: Les Diablerets, Switzerland

Les Diablerets, Switzerland
Les Diablerets - a village and ski resort located in the municipality of Ormont-Dessus in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Alpine Horn

Alpine Horn
Man blowing a traditional horn in the Alps. Date: 1930s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Curling at Crans Montana, Switzerland

Curling at Crans Montana, Switzerland
Postcard showing a scene at the Swiss ski and winter sports resort, Crans Montana in the Swiss Alps with some presumably well-known curling experts of the 1930s, including Walker and Worthington

Background imageSwiss Collection: Marketplace at Pessina Street, Lugano, Switzerland

Marketplace at Pessina Street, Lugano, Switzerland
Section of the Marketplace at Pessina Street, Lugano, Switzerland Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Piccard 1931 Ascent - 4

Piccard 1931 Ascent - 4
Drawing showing the balloon in which Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard plans to fly higher than anyone has ever flown before - a project which will be realised in May

Background imageSwiss Collection: Piccard 1931 Ascent - 1

Piccard 1931 Ascent - 1
Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard, with colleague Kipfer, reaches record altitude of 16, 201m, ascending from Augsburg and coming down in the Austrian Alps Date: 27 May 1931

Background imageSwiss Collection: Spelterini over Alps

Spelterini over Alps
Swiss aviator Eduard Spelterini achieves the first flight over the Swiss Alps in his balloon Wega

Background imageSwiss Collection: Ulrich Zwingli

Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531) Swiss religious reformer

Background imageSwiss Collection: View of Meiringen, Berne, Switzerland

View of Meiringen, Berne, Switzerland
View in the town of Meiringen, Berne, Switzerland

Background imageSwiss Collection: Travel poster (Tirol)

Travel poster (Tirol)
Travel poster for the Swiss Tirol. Date: 1940

Background imageSwiss Collection: Liza Maugham and Vincent Paravicini

Liza Maugham and Vincent Paravicini
Front cover of The Bystander announcing the engagement of Liza Maugham and Vincent Paravinci. He was the Swiss ministers son, she was the daughter of the author William Somerset Maugham. 1936

Background imageSwiss Collection: King Bhumibol Adulyadej and future Queen Sirikit

King Bhumibol Adulyadej and future Queen Sirikit
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) (1927-) and future Queen Sirikit (1932-) whilst still students in Lausanne, Switzerland. Date: 1949

Background imageSwiss Collection: JUNG, Carl Gustav (1875-1961). Swiss psychiatrist

JUNG, Carl Gustav (1875-1961). Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist. Founder of analytical psychology. Oil

Background imageSwiss Collection: The Swiss National Yodeling Champion - Franz Lotscher

The Swiss National Yodeling Champion - Franz Lotscher
The Swiss National Yodeling (also yodelling or jodeling) Champion - Master Yodeler Franz Lotscher - pictured with his array of trophies at the Hotel Sempacherhof at Sempach, Lucerne, Switzerland

Background imageSwiss Collection: Montreux Grand Prix 1934 - Painting by Andrew McGeachy

Montreux Grand Prix 1934 - Painting by Andrew McGeachy
The Montreux Grand Prix of 1934, held on 3rd June and won by Carlo Felice Trossi in an Alfa Romeo (car number 6 - shown here in the lead). Date: 1934

Background imageSwiss Collection: Morcote, Ticino, Lake Lugano, Switzerland

Morcote, Ticino, Lake Lugano, Switzerland
Morcote is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Ticino situated about 10 kilometres from Lugano in the district of Lugano on the shore of Lake Lugano. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Paradeplatz, Zurich, Switzerland

Paradeplatz, Zurich, Switzerland
A busy day in the Paradeplatz, Zurich, Switzerland. 1930s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Blowing an Alpenhorn, Switzerland

Blowing an Alpenhorn, Switzerland
A Swiss alphorn (alpenhorn, alpine horn or labrophone) player

Background imageSwiss Collection: SWISS ALPS

SWISS ALPS
The Grandes Jorasses

Background imageSwiss Collection: Skiers - Riffelboden - view of Matterhorn - nr. Zermatt

Skiers - Riffelboden - view of Matterhorn - nr. Zermatt, Switzerland Date: circa late 1930s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Carthusian Monks

Carthusian Monks
Carthusian monks of the tranquil monastery of La Valsainte, Switzerland, drinking from the village well, oblivious of World War Two. Date: early 1940s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Oberhofen Castle, Switzerland

Oberhofen Castle, Switzerland
Oberhofen Castle on Lake Thun, Switzerland Date: circa 1905

Background imageSwiss Collection: Poster advertising trips to Lucerne, Switzerland

Poster advertising trips to Lucerne, Switzerland, showing people in a boat on the river. 20th century

Background imageSwiss Collection: Swiss Cable Cars

Swiss Cable Cars
Piz Gloria, Schilthorn, Switzerland is the longest aerial cableway in the Swiss Alps and provides the most unimpeded panoramic mountain views

Background imageSwiss Collection: Alpine horn Grindelwald Switzerland early 1900s

Alpine horn Grindelwald Switzerland early 1900s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Waiting carriages at Grindelwald, Switzerland

Waiting carriages at Grindelwald, Switzerland
Carriages waiting for tourists at Grindelwald, near Berne, Switzerland, with the Eiger behind. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Outdoor Curling Match on the ice at Bern, Switzerland

Outdoor Curling Match on the ice at Bern, Switzerland. Date: circa 1907

Background imageSwiss Collection: The Cantons of Switzerland

The Cantons of Switzerland Date: circa 1920s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Switzerland - Andeer - decorated house Haus Padrun (1501)

Switzerland - Andeer - decorated house Haus Padrun (1501)
Switzerland - Andeer - decorated house Haus Padrun (Chasa Padrun) (1501). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Poster, Lugano, Switzerland

Poster, Lugano, Switzerland. 20th century

Background imageSwiss Collection: Airport Scene Paris 1934

Airport Scene Paris 1934
A De Havilland Dragon of Hillmans Airways and a private Swiss plane on the runway at Paris airport, France. Date: 1934

Background imageSwiss Collection: Dent Blanche in the Alps

Dent Blanche in the Alps
The Dent Blanche is in the Pennine Alps, lying in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. With a 4, 357 metres high summit, its one of the highest peaks in the Alps. Date: 1918

Background imageSwiss Collection: Le Mont Cervin (Matterhorn Mountain) from Riffelalp

Le Mont Cervin (Matterhorn Mountain) from Riffelalp a hamlet in the municipality of Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland

Background imageSwiss Collection: Traditional Swiss Costume - A woman from Frick, Aargau

Traditional Swiss Costume - A woman from Frick, Aargau
Traditional Swiss Costume - A woman from Frick, a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau. Date: circa 1909

Background imageSwiss Collection: Geneva, Switzerland - The Brunswick Monument

Geneva, Switzerland - The Brunswick Monument - a mausoleum built in 1879 in Geneva, Switzerland to commemorate the life of Charles II, Duke of Brunswick (1804-1873)

Background imageSwiss Collection: Poster for Locarno on the Swiss Riviera

Poster for Locarno on the Swiss Riviera. The town is located on the northern tip of Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore) in the Swiss canton of Ticino, close to Ascona at the foot of the Alps 1944

Background imageSwiss Collection: Leysin, Switzerland - Hotel du Chamossaire

Leysin, Switzerland - Hotel du Chamossaire and the Ice Rink Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Lake Lucerne with Pilatus mountain, Switzerland

Lake Lucerne with Pilatus mountain, Switzerland
A view of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, with the Pilatus mountain in the background (height of 2132 metres). Date: circa 1940

Background imageSwiss Collection: Map of Lausanne

Map of Lausanne
A colourful map of Lausanne, with a small engraved insert of the city

Background imageSwiss Collection: Cuckoo Clock Maker

Cuckoo Clock Maker
Two little boys help an old clockmaker, perhaps their grandfather, to make a cuckoo clock in the Black Forest, Germany

Background imageSwiss Collection: Swiss Dairy Farm

Swiss Dairy Farm
Switzerland. - Dairy farming

Background imageSwiss Collection: Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist

Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), theoretical physicist, philosopher and author. Seen here in front of bookshelves

Background imageSwiss Collection: Mounted police, Wil, Switzerland

Mounted police, Wil, Switzerland
Mounted police patrol high street in Wil, Switzerland. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Photograph of Swiss Hotel, Soho, London

Photograph of Swiss Hotel, Soho, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Background imageSwiss Collection: Poster, exhibition of English Graphic Art, Zurich

Poster, exhibition of English Graphic Art, Zurich
Poster, Kunstsalon Wolfsberg exhibition of English Graphic Art, announcement of a Board of Trade and British Museum exhibition held in Zurich from June to August 1923

Background imageSwiss Collection: Erlenbach, Switzerland on Lake Zurich (Zurichsee)

Erlenbach, Switzerland on Lake Zurich (Zurichsee). Date: 1939

Background imageSwiss Collection: Drawing by Harold Auerbach, Olten, Switzerland

Drawing by Harold Auerbach, Olten, Switzerland
Pen and ink drawing by Harold Auerbach, Olten, Solothurn, Switzerland, April 1910. Date: 1910

Background imageSwiss Collection: Basel, Switzerland

Basel, Switzerland
Basel - a city on the Rhine River in northwest Switzerland. This card shows the Wettsteinbrucke and the Minster. circa 1910s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Poster, Anglo-Swiss Telephone Service

Poster, Anglo-Swiss Telephone Service, showing a woman skating in the Alps. 20th century

Background imageSwiss Collection: Poster advertising Walder shoes

Poster advertising Walder shoes, showing a dog holding an elegant pink shoe in its mouth. circa 1930

Background imageSwiss Collection: Dent de Jaman and Rochers de Naye, Vaud, Switzerland

Dent de Jaman and Rochers de Naye, Vaud, Switzerland
The village of Les Avants, with La Dent de Jaman and Les Rochers de Naye, Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland

Background imageSwiss Collection: Le Touquet-Paris-Plage - France

Le Touquet-Paris-Plage - France
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France - The Swiss Village and the entrance to the Forest Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Swiss Cow Lowing

Swiss Cow Lowing
A Swiss bull, high on an Alpine meadow, bellows breathily

Background imageSwiss Collection: Pierre Viret

Pierre Viret
PIERRE VIRET Swiss reforming churchman

Background imageSwiss Collection: Switzerland - Pfaffikon and the Seestrasse

Switzerland - Pfaffikon and the Seestrasse
Switzerland - Seestrasse, Pfaffikon and view toward the Pfaffikersee Lake. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Switzerland - Grindelwald. On the Eismeer

Switzerland - Grindelwald. On the Eismeer
Coloured lantern slide of a view of the Eismeer Lower Grindelwald Glacier, the western of the two in the valley of Grindelwald. There are two explorer figures at the bottom of the glacier

Background imageSwiss Collection: Houses in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Houses in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Chalet style houses in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Background imageSwiss Collection: Zermatt, Switzerland - Old Wooden Houses

Zermatt, Switzerland - Old Wooden Houses Date: circa 1920

Background imageSwiss Collection: Start of a Womens Sledging Competition

Start of a Womens Sledging Competition
Start of a Womens Luge (Sledging) Competition at the Hotel Bristol in the Territet Suburb of Montreux Switzerland. Date: 1909

Background imageSwiss Collection: Entrance and Exit to the Gotthard Tunnel, Switzerland

Entrance and Exit to the Gotthard Tunnel, Switzerland
Alpine Mountain folk from Unterwalden (Sylvania) - the old name of a forest-canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy in central Switzerland, south of Lake Lucerne. Date: circa 1908



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