Digitized rare books in the Basel University Library

Culture, media, information society, sport, Education and science, Geography, Mobility and Transport, Politics

Over 6.000 prints (books, maps or music prints) from the Basel University Library from the 15th to the 19th century, including a lot of early prints from the 16th century.

Photos by Documenta Natura (1987–2010)

Culture, media, information society, sport, Mobility and Transport, Territory and environment

The pictures of the Documenta Natura Foundation, which existed from 1987-2010, made it their business to photographically document changes in the Swiss landscape. The photograph...

Photos of the Construction of the Hauenstein Base Tunnel

Construction and housing, Culture, media, information society, sport, National economy, Mobility and Transport, Tourism

The photographs in this collection were taken between 1912 and 1916 during the construction of the Hauenstein railway tunnel. They're part of the extensive photo archive of the ...

Historical photographs of protective structures along the Gotthard railway li...

Culture, media, information society, sport, Mobility and Transport

The photographs contained in this collection stem from an album named "protective structures along the Gotthard railway line" («Schutzbauten an der Gotthardlinie»). The Gotthard...

Historical photographs from the album „A tire d’aile par le saint Gothard“ (a...

Construction and housing, Culture, media, information society, sport, Geography, Mobility and Transport, Territory and environment

The 60 photographs contained in the lavishly designed album „A tire d’aile par le saint Gothard“ takes viewers leafing through it on a picturesque journey from the heart of Swit...

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

Culture, media, information society, sport, Mobility and Transport, Tourism

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 f...

VSJF-Refugees Migration

Crime, criminal justice, Education and science, Geography, Mobility and Transport, Public order and security, Population, Social security, Territory and environment

The VSJF-Refugees Migration data are an excerpt of the VSJF-database hosted at the Archives of Contemporary History, ETH Zurich. The database contains data sets of refugees whic...

Photographs of historical railway bridges (ca. 1882-1966)

Culture, media, information society, sport, Mobility and Transport

This collection includes photographs of bridges in the Swiss Federal Railways' former Kreis II. They were taken around the period from 1882 to 1966. The Kreis II had its adminis...