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French & Swiss WomenWomen of Strasbourg & a woman from Basle, Switzerland. Largely regional or National costumes but with ruffs (by this date were no longer fashionable). Date: 1644
Boarding a CoachTravellers board the mail coach which will carry them over the Saint Gotthard pass, Switzerland. Date: 1877
Snowy Swiss VillageA picture postcard Swiss village, with a pretty church, covered in snow, near Berne, Switzerland. Date: 1930s
Lake Lucerne with Jesuit church and Pilatus mountainA view of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, with the Jesuit church in the foreground and the Pilatus mountain in the background (height 2132 metres). Date: circa 1940
Interior, Hotel Bonivard, Montreux, SwitzerlandView of the spacious sitting room of the Hotel Bonivard, Montreux, Switzerland. Date: 1950s
Fountain and concert hall, Lucerne, SwitzerlandThe fountain and the concert hall, with the Pilatus mountain in the background, at Lucerne, Switzerland. Date: circa 1940
Zurich / Rhine / Winter 1908Zurich and the Rhine in winter Date: 1908
View of the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss AlpsView of The Grimselstrasse, winding up the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps. Date: circa 1940
Racial / Swiss Women C1700Swiss middle-class women Date: circa 1700
Selling Indulgences C15Jesuits sell indulgences to the people of Lucerne, Switzerland - the populace give the Church money in return for spending a shorter period in Purgatory... Date: 15th century
Lake Lucerne with the Rigi mountain, SwitzerlandA view of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, with the Rigi mountain in the background (height of 1800 metres). Date: circa 1940
Calvin / Desrochers / OvalJEAN CALVIN French theological reformer, active in Switzerland Date: 1509 - 1564
Switzerland / AndermattAndermatt: people engaged in winter sports Date: 1910
Racial / Swiss / Zurich 19CPeople from Zurich in traditional costume Date: 19th century
Calvin / Br / ArchJEAN CALVIN French theological reformer, active in Switzerland Date: 1509 - 1564
Gasthaus zu Pfistern, Lake Lucerne, SwitzerlandView 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
Grand Hotel St MoritzAdvertisement for the Grand Hotel St Moritz, featuring the latest sanitary arrangements and the opportunity for every kind of winter sport Date: 1906
Calvin / Oval / AnonJEAN CALVIN (originally Cauvin) French Protestant reformer based in Switzerland Date: 1509 - 1564
Racial / Swiss Men C1700Four middle-class Swiss men Date: circa 1700
Swiss / French Treaty / 1663France & 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 AlpsView 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 AlpsView 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
St Bernard Hospice 43 / 60St Bernard Hospice, Cote d Italie Date: 19th century
Calvin / FreemanJEAN CALVIN French theological reformer, active in Switzerland Date: 1509 - 1564
Swiss Alps / GrindelwaldSwiss Alps: a village in Grindelwald Date: 1917
1912 Ice Hockey in SwissPeople in Switzerland play ice hockey at their leisure. Date: 1912
Geneva / Ile Rousseau 4 / 60Geneva: Ile Rousseau, Bergues quay and Mont Blanc quay Date: 19th century
Flower Market - SwitzerlandOfficial postcard from the Swiss National Exhibition, held in Bern in 1914 - A Flower Market - a quite exquisite postcard
Switzerland - Le Doubs River - Driving on IceSwitzerland - The Doubs River - Driving on a completely ice-bound surface in winter
Bronze age lake dwellers, AldinSwiss 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
A flying boat in Switzerland or Italy
Logs stored under a chalet in SwitzerlandA 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 SwitzerlandA man tending the grass near a chalet in Switzerland. The chalets tiled roof creates an interesting pattern
Summer Holidays in Switzerland with CooksCover 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 SwitzerlandCover 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 CookCover 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 & DawsonCover 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 BoatSmall tourist rowing boat on Lake Lucerne (German - Vierwaldstattersee - Lake of the Four Forested Cantons ) is a lake in central Switzerland
Fusio, SwitzerlandFusio, southern Switzerland close to the border with Italy
Lady from Appenzell using a Singer Sewing MachineLady from Appenzell (a double canton in the north east of Switzerland) using a Singer Sewing Machine
The Modern CavemanA couple drive past Lake Thun, in Switzerland, where the road tunnels its way through the mountains which run down to the waters edge
The Tatler goes to SwitzerlandA double-page spread documenting the winter sports season in Switzerland
Mont Cervin, Switzerland Date: 1906
Winter Sport in SwitzerlandHoliday-makers enjoying the winter season at Murren in Switzerland. Commander and Mrs Locker-Lampson pose on their sledge whilst Viscount Gort and Dr. and Mrs Walpole seem happy on their skis
Memorial to General Suvorov at SchollenenA Russian Field Marshall whio gained fame for successful campaign in Switzerland. This card depicts the memorial to General Suvorov at Schollenen, Switzerland
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 MountainA wooden bridge over the raging torrent of the Lutschine River with the magnificent spike of the Jungfrau Mountain rising up behind
