Swiss Collection (page 34)

Fountain and concert hall, Lucerne, Switzerland
The fountain and the concert hall, with the Pilatus mountain in the background, at Lucerne, Switzerland. Date: circa 1940

View of the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps
View of The Grimselstrasse, winding up the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps. Date: circa 1940

Racial / Swiss Women C1700
Swiss middle-class women Date: circa 1700

Lake Lucerne with the Rigi mountain, Switzerland
A view of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, with the Rigi mountain in the background (height of 1800 metres). Date: circa 1940

Racial / Swiss / Zurich 19C
People from Zurich in traditional costume Date: 19th century

PICCARDs 1931 ASCENT -2
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

Gasthaus zu Pfistern, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
View of the decorated facade of the Gasthaus zu Pfistern, on Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, seen from across the water. On the horizon is the Zytturm, or clock tower. Date: 1940s

Scene from the legend of William Tell, Swiss folk hero
A scene from the legend of William Tell, Swiss folk hero. He springs onto the bank and pushes his enemy Gesslers boat back into the raging water, thereby causing its occupants to drown

Swiss Family - 2 Girls
Two well-behaved Swiss sisters pose with their parents Date: 1897

Battle of Fornovo 1495
BATTLE OF FORNOVO Francisco de Gonzaga heads an army of Venetian and Mantuan troops against a much smaller French/Swiss force, who successfully repulse them Date: 6 July 1495

Swiss Soldiers / 15th C
Swiss Soldiers, a standard bearer & musicians

Racial / Swiss Men C1700
Four middle-class Swiss men Date: circa 1700

Swiss / French Treaty / 1663
France & Switzerland renew their alliance at Notre Dame, Paris, in a treaty made by Louis XIV & ambassadors of the 13 cantons & their allies. Date: 18 November 1663

Cows on the slopes of the Jungfrau, in the Swiss Alps
View of the Jungfrau, in the Swiss Alps. Its altitude is 4166 metres -- fortunately for the cows, they are slightly lower down the slopes. Date: circa 1956

Inside the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps
View inside the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps, at a height of 2300 metres. Wooden planks have been laid down for tourists to walk on. Date: circa 1940

Heinrich Bullinger
HEINRICH BULLINGER Swiss religious reformer, disciple of Zwingli Date: 1504 - 1575

BURCKHARDT (1784 - 1817)
JOHANN LUDWIG BURCKHARDT Swiss orientalist Date: 1784 - 1817

Swiss Alps / Grindelwald
Swiss Alps: a village in Grindelwald Date: 1917

1912 Ice Hockey in Swiss
People in Switzerland play ice hockey at their leisure. Date: 1912

Johann Jacob Breitinger
JOHANN JACOB BREITINGER Swiss-German churchman, writer and scholar. Date: 1701 - 1776

J-J Burlamaqui
JEAN-JACQUES BURLAMAQUI Swiss writer Date: 1694 - 1748

Jean Wormbergh (1)
JEAN WORMBERGH Swiss dwarf, 96.5 cm tall, who visited London circa 1690 Date: flourished 1688

Flower Market - Switzerland
Official postcard from the Swiss National Exhibition, held in Bern in 1914 - A Flower Market - a quite exquisite postcard

Switzerland - Le Doubs River - Driving on Ice
Switzerland - The Doubs River - Driving on a completely ice-bound surface in winter

Bronze age lake dwellers, Aldin
Swiss lake dwellers of the Bronze age go about their daily lives, living upon the shores of what is today Lake Zurich. Their houses are constructed over the water

Logs stored under a chalet in Switzerland
A large store of logs, ready chopped for the fire, forming an interesting pattern under a chalet in Switzerland, along with some cooking utensils

Man tending the grass near a chalet in Switzerland
A man tending the grass near a chalet in Switzerland. The chalets tiled roof creates an interesting pattern

Summer Holidays in Switzerland with Cooks
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in Switzerland with Cooks World Travel Service. In a brightly coloured alpine scene a man in traditional costume blows an alpenhorn on a grass-covered

Cooks Conducted Tours, Paris and Switzerland
Cover illustration of Cooks Conducted Tours, Paris and Switzerland, depicting three scenes -- the River Seine in Paris, an alpine mountain scene, and a lake scene with a chateau by the waters edge

Winter Sports in Switzerland, with Thomas Cook
Cover illustration for Sunshine and Snow. Winter Sports in Switzerland, synopsis of arrangements made by Thomas Cook and Son, Ludgate Circus, London

Holidays in Switzerland, with Cooks and Dean & Dawson
Cover illustration for Holidays in Switzerland, with Cooks and Dean & Dawson, showing an Alpine scene with a young girl in a field of flowers beside a Swiss chalet

Savoyards - Swiss from Savoy. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Lake Lucerne - Rowing Boat
Small tourist rowing boat on Lake Lucerne (German - Vierwaldstattersee - Lake of the Four Forested Cantons ) is a lake in central Switzerland

Fusio, Switzerland
Fusio, southern Switzerland close to the border with Italy

Lady from Appenzell using a Singer Sewing Machine
Lady from Appenzell (a double canton in the north east of Switzerland) using a Singer Sewing Machine

The Motorists companion / W H Robinson
The Motorists companion: a Swiss army knife of usefulness, including small hammer for tapping a bent crankshaft into shape, and a cigarette holder

Theatre, Grock Nerman
Grock (1880 - 1959), born Charles Adrien Wettach. Swiss clown

Mont Cervin, Switzerland Date: 1906

High Alpine road with the Jungfrau in distance. Picture from a postcard set of views of Interlaken in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland and local countryside scenes

Lutschine River and view of Jungfrau Mountain
A wooden bridge over the raging torrent of the Lutschine River with the magnificent spike of the Jungfrau Mountain rising up behind

Ferryboat Terminal, Railway Station and Jungfrau Mountain
The Ferryboat Terminal, Railway Station and Jungfrau Mountain (in distance) at Interlaken. Picture from a postcard set of views of Interlaken in the Canton of Bern

Interlaken and the Jungfrau Mountain
The rooftops of Interlaken and the Jungfrau Mountain rising up behind. Picture from a postcard set of views of Interlaken in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland and local countryside scenes

Interlaken Kurgarten with Jungfrau Mountain behind. Picture from a postcard set of views of Interlaken in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland and local countryside scenes

Waterfall at Staubbach (Staubbach Falls)
The Staubbach Falls - a waterfall in Switzerland, located just above Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland. The waterfall drops about 1000 ft from a hanging valley

High Alpine meadow before the Jungfrau Mountain
Hotels set in the spectacular location of a high alpine meadow before the Jungfrau Mountain, Switzerland. Picture from a postcard set of views of Interlaken in the Canton of Bern

Interlaken and Lake Thun from Niesen. This picture is from a postcard set of views of Interlaken in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland and local countryside scenes

Interlaken with Jungfrau Mountain in rear. Picture from a postcard set of views of Interlaken in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland and local countryside scenes

Merligenstrasse running alongside Lake Thun. Picture from a postcard set of views of Interlaken in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland and local countryside scenes

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