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:
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| 1890 Lac de Thoune |
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| 1890 Switzerland Jura-Simplon Railway |
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| 1892 Chemins de Fer électrique du Salève Près Genève artist Auguste Viollier |
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| 1892 Pilatus Bahn Railway artist Johannes Weber |
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| c1893 Montreux, Chemin de fer Territet-Glyon aux Rochers de Naye artist Peter Balzer |
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| 1895 Schweiz, Rhône-Thal, Jura - Simplon Bahn artist Frédéric Hugo d'Alési |
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| 1895 VI Schweizerische Landwirthschaftliche Ausstellung Bern 1895 artist Hermann Abegg |
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| 1896 Schweizerische Landesausstellung Genf. 1 Mai - 15 October artist Emile Auguste Pinchart |
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| 1897 Interlaken Schynige Platte-Bahn Chemin de Fer Schynige-Platte |
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| 1897 Schweiz, Jura-Simplon-Bahn Oberland artist Frédéric Hugo d'Alési |
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| 1899 Vevey Lac Lemen Suisse artist Dreyma |
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| 1898c Lac de Thoune Chemon de fer P.L.M. artist Frédéric Hugo d'Alési |
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| 1898c Chemin de Fer de l'Est, Hte. Engadine, (Suisse) artist Frédéric Hugo d'Alési |
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| 1900 Kant-Landwirtschaftliche Ausstellung Brig. |
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| 1900 Electrische Bahn Stansstad Engelberg |
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| c1900 Brides-les-Bains et Salins-Moutiers P.L.M. Savoie artist Henri Tanconville |
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| c1900 Haldstatt Hotel & Kurhaus Kirschen |
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| 1901 Chemin der fer Montreux-Oberland-Bernois artist Anton Reckziegel |
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| 1903 Rochers de Naye sur Montreux artist Anton Reckziegel |
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| 1903 Sur Le Lac Leman artist Anton Reckziegel |
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| 1904 St. Gothard Railway, Lucerne-Milan artist Frédéric Hugo d'Alési |
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| c1905 Chemin de Fer Funiculaire Territet Mont-Fleuri |
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| 1906 Chemin de fer électriques de la Gruyère artist Anton Reckziegel |
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| 1906 Wengernalp & Jungfraubahn artist Anton Reckziegel |
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| 1908 Harder-Bahn Interlaken |
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| 1908 Wetterhorn Aufzug artist A. Gugger |
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| c1909 Ferrovia Electtrica Lugano-Tesserete artist Luigi Rossi |
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| 1910 Luzern - Stansstad - Engelberg artist Anton Reckziegel |
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| 1910 Zug Berg-u. Stassenbahn artist Walther Koch |
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| c1910 Berner Oberland Wengernalp-Bahn |
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| 1910c Berner Oberland Wengernalp Bahn artist Anton Reckziegel |
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| c1910 Lugano Grand & Palace Hotel |
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| c1910 Rigi-Bahn Luzern-Vitznau-Rigi-Kulm |
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| 1912 Chemins de fer du Nord Lucerne et ses Environs |
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| c1912 Chemin de Fer Electrique Montreux Oberland Bernois artist Mario Borgoni |
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| 1913 Davos Internationale Eiswettlaufen |
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| 1913 Gstaad Suisse Royal-Hôtel & Winter-Palace Ski-Bob-Curling artist Carlo Pellegrini |
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| 1913 Jeschken Rodelbahn bei Reichenberg in Bohmen artist Heinrich Honich |
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| 1913 Tell-Aufführungen Altdorf 1913 |
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| 1914 Exposition Nationale Suisse Berne 1914 artist Plinio Colombi |
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| 1914 Brigue-Furka-Disentis Chemin de Fer de la Furka artist François Gos |
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| 1914 Elektrische Strassenbahnen im Kanton Zug, Schweiz artist Ernst Emil Schlatter |
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| 1914 Oberland Schützenfes 1914 Thun |
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| 1914 Zahnradbahn Brunnen = Morschach Axenfels und Axenstein artist Wilhelm Gimmi |
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