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The Last Photo Taken of Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary at Territet, Switzerland, a Week Before Her Death, 1898

September 3, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePurported last photograph taken of Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary (at left) at Territet, Switzerland, with her lady-in-waiting Irma […]

Wonderful Color Photos Capture People Skiing at Ski Resorts in Switzerland and Austria in 1949-1950

March 9, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteRobert Capa is synonymous with black and white documentation of conflict, from the Spanish Civil War to World […]

Albert Einstein and Marie Curie Having a Walk and a Talk by the Geneva Lake, ca. 1920s

January 16, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDiscussing near a lake, ca. 1929. A meeting of the most brilliant scientific minds of that time. Note […]

Switzerland in 1994 Through Amazing Photos

August 27, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteSwitzerland is a landlocked country located at the confluence of Western, Central and Southern Europe. It is bordered […]

From Europe to North Africa: Lush Kodachrome Slides Taken on a Tour of Duty in the Early 1950s

November 13, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese slides appear to have been taken by a US Army nurse who seems to have been attached […]

Rare Photographs of a Lucky Italian Fan Posing With Queen in Zurich, Switzerland in February 1979

September 2, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteQueen played at Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland on February 4, 1979. Italian fan Manuela Scarpel was 17 years […]

21 Gorgeous Kodachrome Photos From an American’s Trip to Switzerland in the Late 1950s

May 14, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese 35mm Kodachrome pictures were taken by an American during their trip to Switzerland, in particular Lake Thun […]

Portraits of Swiss “Halbstarken” Girls With Very Big Hair in the 1950s and 1960s

October 17, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHalbstarke is a German term describing a postwar-period subculture of adolescents – mostly male and of working class […]

Color postcards depicting the life in Switzerland, 1890

October 9, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese color pictures of the vibrant landscapes and towns of Switzerland were created using the Photochrom process, a […]

38 Beautiful Photos of Switzerland in the 1950s

September 23, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteFor a long period after World War II, the undamaged Swiss economy experienced very little unemployment, and it […]

Pictures of the Kremos, a Swiss Family of Acrobats, From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

August 29, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis amazing vintage footage depicts the Kremos, a Swiss family of acrobats, doing their act in Paris in […]

Homoerotic Images of Young Men in Blue Jeans in Post-War Switzerland

September 16, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAn unsung pioneer of vernacular photography since the 1950s, Karlheinz Weinberger (1921–2006) captured a young generation of Swiss […]

Pictures of Swiss Rebel Youth Subculture That Idolized Elvis Presley During the 1950s

August 24, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1958, Karlheinz Weinberger met a member of a small band of teenagers and began photographing them both […]

Wonderful Life of Switzerland in 1980 Through an American Traveler’s Lens

April 28, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese amazing photos were taken by Richard Melton that documented everyday life of Switzerland during his trip to Europe from […]

Amazing Vintage Photos of 1937 Cadillac V16 Series 90 Hartmann Cabriolet

January 23, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis custom Cadillac is probably the most extreme cabriolet ever built. The car was originally commissioned by wealthy […]

Beautiful Photos of St. Moritz, ‘the Most Fashionable Village in Europe’ in 1947

January 14, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1947, LIFE photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt came to the famous Swiss resort of St. Moritz and photographed the […]

Beautiful Life of Switzerland in the Early 1960s Through Found Kodachrome Slides

April 4, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA Kodachrome slide collection was found by Kevin Danks that shows beautiful life of Switzerland in May 1963. […]

40 Fascinating Snaps That Capture Street Scenes of Switzerland in the Late 1970s

January 22, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA fascinating photo set from Ed Sijmons that shows street scenes of Switzerland in 1979. The cities include: […]

25 Beautiful Black and White Photos of Audrey Hepburn in Bürgenstock, Switzerland in 1954

November 24, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteFirst opened in 1873 in the Burgensberf Mountain ridge standing 500m above Lake Lucerne, Bürgenstock was a magnet […]

22 Black and White Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Zürich in the 1950s

September 17, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteZürich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located […]

38 Fascinating Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Switzerland in 1979

August 11, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteSwitzerland is a sovereign state in Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is […]

Grave Robbers Once Stole Charlie Chaplin’s Body for Ransom in 1978

April 6, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn one of history’s most famous cases of body-snatching, two men steal the corpse of the revered film […]

Vintage Photographs Document the Defiant Street Styles of Swiss Rebel Youth From the Late 1950s Through the ’60s

September 25, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteKarlheinz Weinberger (1921-2006). Living in Zurich, Switzerland, Weinberger was a self-taught “amateur” photographer whose day job working in […]

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