Switzerland Collection (page 54)

Neufchatel Dispute 3
Prussias claim to the canton of Neufchatel is supported by royalists who are overcome by the federal forces and prisoners temporarily housed in the chateaus chapel

Waldenses Flight - 1
Persecuted by Louis XIV and his Italian allies, the heretical sect of the Waldenses flee to Switzerland and Germany. They are attacked in the Balsille

Revolt of Helvetii
An incident in the revolt of the Helvetii - Alpinula begs Caecinna for the life of Julius Alpinus, her father who is one of the leaders of the Helvetii against the Romans

Trouble at Geneva 3
Street fighting breaks out in Geneva between the independents and the authorities in regard to the citys religious status. The bridges are barricaded

Battle of Sempach 4
The Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria at the battle of Sempach, largely thanks to the heroism of Arnold von Winkelried who breaks the line of the Austrian spearmen

Brave Swiss Miss
During the Schwabenkrieg (war with Swabia) a little Swiss miss, bearer of a petition to emperor Maximilian, answers back bravely at badgering courtiers

Swiss Guards
By tradition, the Vatican is guarded by Swiss mercenaries in those fancy uniforms : here, a cart-load of Swiss soldiers gallop to Rome to enlist in the popes service

Battle of Sempach 1
The Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria at the battle of Sempach, largely thanks to the heroism of Arnold von Winkelried who breaks the line of the Austrian spearmen

Sonderbund Troops
Catholic troops of the Sonderbund celebrate mass before going into battle

Mountain Railway Switz
MONTE SAN SALVATORE RAILWAY No need to put on your climbing boots to ascend this mountain in Italian Switzerland - the railway will take you most of the way

Alps / Jungfrau 1885
The Jungfrau, Swiss Alps

Pestalozzis School
PESTALOZZIs SCHOOL Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi founds a school for poor children on his estate at Neuhof on the principles of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Ship of Fools C1550
Several allegorical authors use the ship of fools motif : this is the Gluckschafft- Schiff of Zurich, Switzerland

Alps Photo 1900
A climbing party pause to have their photo taken in the snow near Grindelwald, Switzerland

Female Skiers Photo 1929
Two female skiers in Switzerland

Swiss Country Woman
A young woman from the canton of Unterwald wears her picturesque regional costume while she does some laundry

Swiss Woman C18 - 2
A young woman from the canton of Thurgau carries a basket of pears to market

Swiss Woman C18
A young woman of Fribourg, Switzerland, admires an Alpine flower

Swiss Gentleman
A Swiss gentleman of quality

Lost on St Bernard Pass
A mother with her child, lost on the St Bernard Pass, rings the bell which will summon help from the monks and their dogs

Climbing : Switzerland
A lady climbs a Swiss mountain in pretty well the same clothes as she would walk the dog in the Bois de Boulogne

Giessbach Funicular
The Giessbach funicular railway

Wagner / Home / Lucerne
RICHARD WAGNER German composers home at Tribschen, near Lucerne, Switzerland

Jean Calvin / Dankertz
JEAN CALVIN French reformer, active in Switzerland

Sport / Winter / Skiing / Jump
at St Moritz, Switzerland

Street in Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen Canton, Switzerland
View of a street in the town of Schaffouse, Schaffhouse, Schaffhausen or Sciaffusa, a mainly German-speaking town in the Schaffhausen Canton, in the north of Switzerland

Fragment of Sintrams Evangelium Longum
A fragment of Sintrams Evangelium Longum, a gospel book. It is one of the great treasures of the Monastery and Library of St Gall in Switzerland

Racial Types Swiss Man
A Swiss man out hunting in the mountains

European Grand Prix
A poster for the Grand Prix D Europe to be held at Bern on 3/4th July 1948

Calvin / Walter
JEAN CALVIN French theological reformer, active in Switzerland

Hermit of Einseidlen
Hermit of Einsiedeln, Switzerland

Sempach / Arnold 1386
At Sempach Arnold of Winkelried defeats the Austrians of Duke Leopold

F W a Froebel
Friedrich Wilhelm August FROEBEL German educator

Fashionable Bowling
Bowling is very fashionable this year - all the best hotels in Switzerland and the Riviera offer their guests an alley

Rossini / Tell / Liebig 6
Act Four : the Swiss rebel against the Austrians, and Tell shoots Gessler. The storm abates, the sun shines, Tell rejoins his family, Switzerland is free at last !

Rossini / Tell / Liebig 3
Act Two: Tell, Walter and Arnold swear to free Switzerland from the Austrian yoke; the cantons gather in support. Date: first performed 1829

Zurich / Switzerland 33 / 60
Zurich

Switzerland / Fluellen 24 /
Fluelen, on the Lac des Quatre Cantons

Welhorn / Wetterhorn 20 / 60
Welhorn and Wetterhorn, viewed from Rosenlaui, Canton de Berne

Sewing in Switzerland
In Vaud, Switzerland, a young woman wears her traditional dress as she stands using her Singer

Racial / Swiss Women C1880
Two Swiss countrywomen of Berne and Emmenthal

Racial / Swiss Peasants
Two Swiss peasant women in traditional dress

Switzerland / Urnersee / Tel
the Urnersee, with William Tells Chapel Date: early 20th century

Switzerland / Lac Cantons
Lac des Quatre Cantons (Vierwaldstattersee) from Vitznau

Switzerland / Urnersee
the Urnersee, surrounded by mountains

Swiss Alps / Col Forclaz
Swiss Alps: Col de la Forclaz in June, with sulphur anemone and orchids

Swiss Alps / Bex 1910
Swiss Alps: hepatica in the woods at Bex, Rhone valley, April

Swiss Alps / Pilatus 20C
Swiss Alps: summit of Mount Pilatus and the Vierwaldstattersee

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