Monday 29 July 2024

Swiss Travel Posters - Part 1

On his first trip to Switzerland in 1878, Mark Twain noted that "regions which were unvisited and unknown remoteness a hundred years ago, are in our days a buzzing hive of restless strangers." Though most of Switzerland looks completely untouched by man, Twain was likely noting the tremendous feat of Swiss infrastructure that includes railways, trams, funiculars, cablecars, and endless hiking trails. While World War I raged on, Switzerland focused its efforts on drawing the population to its bountiful beauty.


This is part 1 of a 6-part series on Swiss Travel Posters:


1890 Lac de Thoune

1890 Switzerland
Jura-Simplon Railway

1892 Chemins de Fer électrique du Salève Près Genève
artist Auguste Viollier

1892 Pilatus Bahn Railway
artist Johannes Weber

c1893 Montreux, Chemin de fer Territet-Glyon aux
 Rochers de Naye
artist Peter Balzer

1895 Schweiz, Rhône-Thal, Jura - Simplon Bahn
artist Frédéric Hugo d'Alési

1895 VI Schweizerische Landwirthschaftliche Ausstellung
Bern 1895
artist Hermann Abegg

1896 Schweizerische Landesausstellung
Genf. 1 Mai - 15 October
artist Emile Auguste Pinchart

1897 Interlaken Schynige Platte-Bahn
Chemin de Fer Schynige-Platte

1897  Schweiz, Jura-Simplon-Bahn
Oberland
artist Frédéric Hugo d'Alési

1899 Vevey
Lac Lemen Suisse
artist Dreyma

1898c Lac de Thoune
Chemon de fer P.L.M.
 artist Frédéric Hugo d'Alési

1898c Chemin de Fer de l'Est, Hte. Engadine, (Suisse)
artist Frédéric Hugo d'Alési

1900 Kant-Landwirtschaftliche
Ausstellung Brig.

1900 Electrische Bahn
Stansstad Engelberg

c1900 Brides-les-Bains et Salins-Moutiers
P.L.M. Savoie
artist Henri Tanconville

c1900 Haldstatt
Hotel & Kurhaus Kirschen

1901 Chemin der fer Montreux-Oberland-Bernois
artist Anton Reckziegel

1903 Rochers de Naye sur Montreux
artist Anton Reckziegel

1903 Sur Le Lac Leman
artist Anton Reckziegel

1904 St. Gothard Railway, Lucerne-Milan
artist Frédéric Hugo d'Alési

c1905 Chemin de Fer
Funiculaire
Territet Mont-Fleuri

1906 Chemin de fer électriques de la Gruyère
artist Anton Reckziegel

1906 Wengernalp & Jungfraubahn
artist Anton Reckziegel

1908 Harder-Bahn Interlaken

1908 Wetterhorn Aufzug
artist A. Gugger

c1909 Ferrovia Electtrica Lugano-Tesserete
artist Luigi Rossi

1910 Luzern - Stansstad - Engelberg
artist Anton Reckziegel

1910 Zug Berg-u. Stassenbahn
 artist Walther Koch

c1910 Berner Oberland Wengernalp-Bahn

1910c Berner Oberland
Wengernalp Bahn
artist Anton Reckziegel

c1910 Lugano Grand & Palace Hotel

c1910 Rigi-Bahn
Luzern-Vitznau-Rigi-Kulm

1912 Chemins de fer du Nord
Lucerne et ses Environs

c1912 Chemin de Fer Electrique
Montreux Oberland Bernois
artist Mario Borgoni

1913 Davos Internationale Eiswettlaufen

1913 Gstaad Suisse
Royal-Hôtel & Winter-Palace
Ski-Bob-Curling
artist Carlo Pellegrini

1913 Jeschken Rodelbahn
bei Reichenberg in Bohmen
artist Heinrich Honich

1913 Tell-Aufführungen Altdorf 1913

1914 Exposition Nationale Suisse 
Berne 1914
artist Plinio Colombi

1914 Brigue-Furka-Disentis
Chemin de Fer de la Furka
artist François Gos

1914 Elektrische Strassenbahnen im Kanton Zug, Schweiz
artist Ernst Emil Schlatte
r

1914 Oberland Schützenfes 1914
Thun

1914 Zahnradbahn Brunnen = Morschach
Axenfels und Axenstein
artist Wilhelm Gimmi

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