Historical Photos «Vues de la suisse» by Adolphe Braun & Cie.

In the middle of the 19th century Jean Adolphe Braun inspired the imagination of the European bourgeoisie with his photos. From the 1850s onwards, more and more people had the financial means to travel. However, very few people had their own photographic equipment, so they bought photographs on site. Soon a flourishing business with pictures and photo albums emerged. The company Braun & Cie was led by Jean Adolphe Braun and his son Gaston in Mulhouse, Alsace, and specialized in landscapes and cities. Their pictures of Switzerland spread throughout Europe and shaped the country's tourist image. As a "by-product", they also documented the emergence of infrastructure in the Alps.

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Identifier Vues de la suisse@schweizerisches-nationalmuseum-snm
Title for URL of the dataset Historische «Vues de la suisse» der Adolphe Braun & Cie.
Schedule the publication of the dataset -
Issued date August 30, 2017
Modification date October 23, 2018
Conforms to -
Update interval Irregular
Temporal coverage January 1, 1870 - December 31, 1900
Publisher Information Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
Contact points Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Bildarchiv
Languages German
URL https://www.nationalmuseum.ch/sammlung_online/
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Related datasets -
Documentation -
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Terms of use https://opendata.swiss/terms-of-use#terms_by
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