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Background imageSwiss Collection: Warning sign, Cave canem, beware of the dog, Lake Maggiore, Switzerland, Europe

Warning sign, Cave canem, beware of the dog, Lake Maggiore, Switzerland, Europe

Background imageSwiss Collection: Antique map of Switzerland in the 19th Century

Antique map of Switzerland in the 19th Century, 1873

Background imageSwiss Collection: Swiss flag on a mountain in the Alpstein Range, Appenzell, Switzerland, Alps, Europe

Swiss flag on a mountain in the Alpstein Range, Appenzell, Switzerland, Alps, Europe

Background imageSwiss Collection: Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse
German writer and Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse

Background imageSwiss Collection: View from Piz Gloria, Mt. Schilthorn, Muerren, Canton Bern, Switzerland, Europe

View from Piz Gloria, Mt. Schilthorn, Muerren, Canton Bern, Switzerland, Europe

Background imageSwiss Collection: View to the west below the Weissfluhjoch in summer

View to the west below the Weissfluhjoch in summer, 2693 m, Parsennbahn, Davos, Plessur Alps, Graubuenden or Grisons, Switzerland, Europe

Background imageSwiss Collection: Retro Large Multi Tool Folding Pocket Knife Fork S

Retro Large Multi Tool Folding Pocket Knife Fork S
UNITED STATES - Circa 1960s: Retro Large Multi Tool Folding Pocket Knife Fork Spoon Scissors Saw Can Opener Corkscrew Screwdriver Awl. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageSwiss Collection: Mont-Cenis violets or pansies -Viola cenisia-, Sanetschpass, Switzerland

Mont-Cenis violets or pansies -Viola cenisia-, Sanetschpass, Switzerland

Background imageSwiss Collection: Naturalist Louis Agassiz with Diagram

Naturalist Louis Agassiz with Diagram
(Original Caption) Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) Swiss naturalist

Background imageSwiss Collection: Portrait of Mathematician Leonhard Euler in Pensive Pose

Portrait of Mathematician Leonhard Euler in Pensive Pose
(Original Caption) Leonhard Euler. Leonhard Euler, 1707-1783, Swiss Mathematician worked for the heads of Europe developing theories in Math and Physics

Background imageSwiss Collection: Louis Agassiz and Benjamin Peirce with a Globe

Louis Agassiz and Benjamin Peirce with a Globe
(Original Caption) Benjamin Peirce and Louis Agassiz in photo, of Massachusetts Historical Society

Background imageSwiss Collection: Engraving of Pocket-Style Watch

Engraving of Pocket-Style Watch
(Original Caption) 1894-Engraving illustrating a gold-filled, open-face, chronograph with a seven jewelled, gilded movement, and an engine-turned case. From a Marshall-Fields catalog

Background imageSwiss Collection: William Tell Aiming a Rifle

William Tell Aiming a Rifle
William Tells tries to shoot an apple off atop at young boy's head

Background imageSwiss Collection: Jean Piaget Taking a Walk

Jean Piaget Taking a Walk
Jean Piaget (1896-1980), Swiss child psychologist. Full length color photograph

Background imageSwiss Collection: Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss Psychiartrist

Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss Psychiartrist
(Original Caption) Photograph of Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss Psychiatrist, taken at the age of 79

Background imageSwiss Collection: Protestant Reformer Huldrych Zwingli

Protestant Reformer Huldrych Zwingli
(Original Caption) Portrait Ulrich Zwingli, 1484-1531, Swiss reformer, patriot and translator with Juda of the Zurich Bible

Background imageSwiss Collection: Industrialist Meyer Guggenheim

Industrialist Meyer Guggenheim
(Original Caption) Meyer Guggenheim, founder of "Guggenheim fortune."

Background imageSwiss Collection: Les Six Group Of French Composers

Les Six Group Of French Composers
(Original Caption) The group of French composers who banded together in 1916 to form Les Six

Background imageSwiss Collection: Man Attempting To Shoot Apple Off Head

Man Attempting To Shoot Apple Off Head
(Original Caption) William Tell revisited: Sleepwalking man attempts to shoot an apple off the head of his distraught partner. Silent-era movie still; no date, no film title available

Background imageSwiss Collection: Ernest Ansermet Seated Reading

Ernest Ansermet Seated Reading
(Original Caption) Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet, seated, wearing glasses and reading. Undated photograph

Background imageSwiss Collection: Close-Up Pic Of Prof Thadeus Reichstein

Close-Up Pic Of Prof Thadeus Reichstein
(Original Caption) Professor Thadeus Reichstein, a citizen of Zurich, Switzerland, has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine

Background imageSwiss Collection: Eugen Bleuler

Eugen Bleuler
Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler

Background imageSwiss Collection: Charles Bonnet

Charles Bonnet
(Original Caption) profile head and shoulders engraving of Swiss naturalist and philosopher

Background imageSwiss Collection: Swiss Robot

Swiss Robot
(Original Caption) Robot built by Swiss engineer Paul Waltensperger. Does everything except make love. His foot is 32" in length. Cost 15, 000

Background imageSwiss Collection: Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American Composer

Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American Composer
(Original Caption) Ernest Bloch, Swiss-born American composer (1880-1959). Photo taken in the 1950's

Background imageSwiss Collection: Portrait of Andrew Johnson by Frank Buchser

Portrait of Andrew Johnson by Frank Buchser
(Original Caption) Portrait of President Andrew Johnson in his office, 1866

Background imageSwiss Collection: Drawing of Mathematician Leonard Euler

Drawing of Mathematician Leonard Euler
(Original Caption) Leonard Euler (1707-1783). Swiss mathematician. Developed theories of lunar motion. Undated

Background imageSwiss Collection: Portrait Of Swiss Physician Paracelsus

Portrait Of Swiss Physician Paracelsus
(Original Caption) Portrait of Paracelsus (Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541), Swiss physician, chemist and charlatan. Painting ascribed to P. P. Rubens

Background imageSwiss Collection: Carl Jung

Carl Jung (1875-1961), sits for a portrait late in his life

Background imageSwiss Collection: Famous Psychiatrists at Clark College

Famous Psychiatrists at Clark College
(Original Caption) Group photograph of A.A. Brill, Ernest Jones, Sandor Ferenczi, Sigmund Freud, G. Stanley Hall, Carl G. Jung at Clark University, Worcester, MA, in 1908

Background imageSwiss Collection: 'Les Six' Composers with Jean Cocteau

"Les Six" Composers with Jean Cocteau
French composers known together as Les Six include Jean Cocteau (at piano) as their spokesman, (from left to right); Darius Milhaud, a drawing to represent Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger

Background imageSwiss Collection: Men at Desks with Calculating Machines

Men at Desks with Calculating Machines
(Original Caption) 7/3/20--: A Swiss invention of the calculating machine, made in 1896

Background imageSwiss Collection: Psychologist Carl G. Jung

Psychologist Carl G. Jung
(Original Caption) Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist. Head and shoulders photo, 1922

Background imageSwiss Collection: Swiss Soldiers Guarding Sistine Chapel for Conclave

Swiss Soldiers Guarding Sistine Chapel for Conclave
Swiss soldiers guarded the Sistine Chapel throughout the meeting of the Sacred College of Cardinals to vote in a new Pope. On February 6, Pope Pius XI was elected

Background imageSwiss Collection: Ida Zahler and Her Eleven Children Arriving in America

Ida Zahler and Her Eleven Children Arriving in America
(Original Caption) "Watch us grow" is the cry of North Canton, Ohio. Mrs

Background imageSwiss Collection: Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh

Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh
(Original Caption) 1928

Background imageSwiss Collection: Chimney Sweeps in Snow

Chimney Sweeps in Snow
(Original Caption) 3/28/1934-St. Moritz, Switzerland-Three merry chimney sweeps of St. Moritz, Switzerland, pose with a background of freshly fallen snow. Just by way of contrast you know

Background imageSwiss Collection: G. Miez During Floor Exercise

G. Miez During Floor Exercise
(Original Caption) Los Angeles, California: G. Miez, gymnast for the Swiss Olympic team at the Olympic games

Background imageSwiss Collection: Giuseppe Motta and Nahas Pasha at Conference

Giuseppe Motta and Nahas Pasha at Conference
(Original Caption) 4/19/1937- Dr

Background imageSwiss Collection: Astronomer Fritz Zwicky

Astronomer Fritz Zwicky
(Original Caption) Professor Fritz Zwicky, famed Swiss astronomer and 18-inch Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain, San Diego County, California

Background imageSwiss Collection: Swiss Citizens Raising Hands

Swiss Citizens Raising Hands
As a token of honorable citizenship, most of the old men of Switzerland carry old swords or sabres during the annual "Landsgemeinde" or open-air Parliament

Background imageSwiss Collection: Sentry Guards Sandbagged Gateway

Sentry Guards Sandbagged Gateway
Switzerland guards its borders to protect its neutrality against the hostilities between France and Germany. | Location: Border of Switzerland

Background imageSwiss Collection: Paul Muller at his Desk

Paul Muller at his Desk
(Original Caption) 12/13/1948Portrait of Paul Muller, inventor of DDT and winner of the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine

Background imageSwiss Collection: Architects Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius

Architects Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius
(Original Caption) Photograph of Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier while both attended a meeting of the International Building Exhibition in Berlin

Background imageSwiss Collection: Psychiatrist Carl Jung

Psychiatrist Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist Carl Gustav Jung smoking a pipe

Background imageSwiss Collection: Four Horseman of the Apocalypse by Merian Matthaeus the Elder

Four Horseman of the Apocalypse by Merian Matthaeus the Elder
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. After an engraving from Merian's bible

Background imageSwiss Collection: Pope John Paul II Waving

Pope John Paul II Waving
Pope John Paul II waves to a crowd gathered for mass on the second day of his six day visit to Switzerland. | Location: Fribourg, Switzerland

Background imageSwiss Collection: Richard Burton's Family Leaving Funeral

Richard Burton's Family Leaving Funeral
The family of Richard Burton leaves the small church where his funeral was held. In front is widow Sally Burton, with Brook Williams

Background imageSwiss Collection: Maria Walliser at World Alpine Ski Championships

Maria Walliser at World Alpine Ski Championships
(Original Caption) Switzerland's Maria Walliser heads over a bump as she heads for a gold medal in the women's downhill competition at the World Alpine Ski Championships here

Background imageSwiss Collection: Jean Henri Dunant, Founder Of Red Cross

Jean Henri Dunant, Founder Of Red Cross
(Original Caption) Jean Henri Dunant (1828-1910) Swiss philanthropist

Background imageSwiss Collection: Louis Chevrolet Behind the Wheel

Louis Chevrolet Behind the Wheel
(Original Caption) Photo shows Louis Chevrolet, race car driver. Undated

Background imageSwiss Collection: Photo Of Swiss Psychiatrist Eugen Bleule

Photo Of Swiss Psychiatrist Eugen Bleule
(Original Caption) Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939), Swiss psychiatrist. Head and shoulders photo, in oval. Undated

Background imageSwiss Collection: Arthur Honegger Seated In His Studio

Arthur Honegger Seated In His Studio
(Original Caption) Paris, France: Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), Swiss composer in his studio, Rue Pigale, Paris

Background imageSwiss Collection: Title Page Of Pamphlet Written In German

Title Page Of Pamphlet Written In German
(Original Caption) Title page for an extremely rare and early Western Colonization pamphlet from Arau, Switzerland, explaining the procedure for buying land in the United States of America

Background imageSwiss Collection: Girls on Skis About to Race/Switzerland

Girls on Skis About to Race/Switzerland
(Original Caption) Adelboden, Switzerland: Tiny tots of Adelboden, Bernese Oberland, at the start of the ski race arranged for them. Ca. 1910s

Background imageSwiss Collection: Illustration Of Daniel Bernoulli

Illustration Of Daniel Bernoulli
(Original Caption) Picture shows Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782), Professor of mathematics at St. Petersburg. Discovered Bernoulli's Principle relation fluid velocity and pressure. Undated woodcut

Background imageSwiss Collection: Drawing of Swiss Pocket Watch Gears

Drawing of Swiss Pocket Watch Gears
(Original Caption) Illustration depicting the inside works of a Swiss pocket watch, circa 1900

Background imageSwiss Collection: Portrait of Leonard Euler

Portrait of Leonard Euler
(Original Caption) Painting of Leonard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician and physicist. Undated illustration

Background imageSwiss Collection: Book Illustration of Paracelsus

Book Illustration of Paracelsus
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus: (1493?-1541) Alchemist and physician in Germany and Switzerland. He taught that diseases are specific entities and can be cured by specific remedies

Background imageSwiss Collection: Johann Pestalozzi Teaching Children

Johann Pestalozzi Teaching Children
(Original Caption) 1819: A painting by Karl Grob of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827), Swiss educational reformer teaching the children

Background imageSwiss Collection: Jean Charles Leonary de Sismondi

Jean Charles Leonary de Sismondi
Illustration of Jean Charles Leonard Sismondi (1773-1842), Swiss historian and economist. Undated illustration

Background imageSwiss Collection: Psychiatrist Carl Jung

Psychiatrist Carl Jung
(Original Caption) Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) smoking a pipe. He is known as the founder of analytical psychology

Background imageSwiss Collection: Psychiatrist Carl Jung Reading

Psychiatrist Carl Jung Reading
(Original Caption) Zurich, Switzerland- Professor Carl Jung died at his home in Kusnacht, near Zurich, at the age of 86 years.Professor Jung was the most famous disciple of Sigmund Freud

Background imageSwiss Collection: Jean Piaget, Swiss Psychologist

Jean Piaget, Swiss Psychologist
(Original Caption) Jean Piaget (1896-1980), Swiss psychologist, explored thought processes, especially in children. Undated photograph

Background imageSwiss Collection: Psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung

Psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung
(Original Caption) Photograph of Carl Gustav Jung, 1875-1961. Swiss Psychiatrist and psychologist

Background imageSwiss Collection: Audrey Hepburn with Family at Airport

Audrey Hepburn with Family at Airport
(Original Caption) Audrey Hepburn, who will star in the title role of the Warner Brothers motion picture production of My Fair Lady

Background imageSwiss Collection: John Knittel Discuses Direction of Play

John Knittel Discuses Direction of Play
(Original Caption) 11/10/1950- Kassel, Germany- The Swiss author John Knittel, who gained world fame through his books "Amadeus", "Via Mala" and others

Background imageSwiss Collection: Nobel Prize Winners of 1950

Nobel Prize Winners of 1950
(Original Caption) Nobel Prize Winners at Presentation

Background imageSwiss Collection: Arthur Honegger Swiss Composer

Arthur Honegger Swiss Composer
(Original Caption) Arthur Honegger: (1892-1955) Swiss Composer, conducing orchestra during recordingof his opera, "King David" (1951)

Background imageSwiss Collection: Psychiatrist Carl Jung at Desk Writing

Psychiatrist Carl Jung at Desk Writing
(Original Caption) Portrait of psychologist Carl Gustav Jung, at his desk writing. Photograph, 1953

Background imageSwiss Collection: Auguste Piccard in His Bathyscaphe

Auguste Piccard in His Bathyscaphe
(Original Caption) World famous scientist Auguste Piccard, who 21 years ago was the first man to rise enough above the earth surface into the stratosphere, yesterday, accompanied by his son Jacques

Background imageSwiss Collection: Arthur Honegger Standing Next to a Colleague

Arthur Honegger Standing Next to a Colleague
(Original Caption) The insignia of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor sparkles on the breast of Swiss composer Arthur Honegger. Honegger was awarded the honor for his new recordings

Background imageSwiss Collection: Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine Hugo Theorell

Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine Hugo Theorell
(Original Caption) Nobel Prize Winner of Medicine 1955. Prof. Hugo Theorell, Stockholm, was today elected Nobel Prize winner of medicine and physiology 1955

Background imageSwiss Collection: James Dean Seated at Dinner with Ursula Andress

James Dean Seated at Dinner with Ursula Andress
(Original Caption) 9/1/1955-Hollywood, CA- Here is a candid photo of Hollywood notables during a charitable affair at Ciro's, a famous Hollywood nightclub, last Monday night

Background imageSwiss Collection: James Dean And Ursula Andress On Date

James Dean And Ursula Andress On Date
(Original Caption) 9/2/1955- Life of the party. Actor James Dean has newcomer Ursula Andress as his date at the party

Background imageSwiss Collection: Actress Ursula Andress

Actress Ursula Andress
(Original Caption) 9/14/1955-Hollywood, CA- Ursula Andress, a 19-year-old blonde from Germany, hasn't yet made an American film

Background imageSwiss Collection: Reporter Phoning in a Story

Reporter Phoning in a Story
U.P. correspondent Gregoriades phones story from the Palais des Nations, using a sheet of newspaper as protection against a sharp downpour. London U.P. cameraman Charles Dawson is alongside

Background imageSwiss Collection: First Lap of the 1956 Tour de France

First Lap of the 1956 Tour de France
(Original Caption) Editor's notes: July 7, 1956. Heer-Sur-Meuse. Riders during a break at the Belgian border on the first lap of the tour

Background imageSwiss Collection: Hand with Insignia Ring Watch

Hand with Insignia Ring Watch
(Original Caption) 9/2/1959-Geneva, Switzerland- The ring's the thing for telling time, as evidenced by this new idea in male fashion

Background imageSwiss Collection: Andreas Rechnitzer and Jacques Piccard on the Trieste

Andreas Rechnitzer and Jacques Piccard on the Trieste
(Original Caption) Left to right: Dr. Andreas B. Rechnitzer and Jacques Piccard, who were at the controls when the USN Bathyscaph Trieste set new world undersea depth record of 18, 600 ft

Background imageSwiss Collection: Swiss Psychologist Jean Piaget

Swiss Psychologist Jean Piaget
(Original Caption) Jean Piaget. Swiss psychologist and teacher. Author of The Child and Reality. Undated photograph

Background imageSwiss Collection: Ceremony for Swiss Males Taking Voting Oath

Ceremony for Swiss Males Taking Voting Oath
(Original Caption) Appenzell, Switzerland: The People Speak

Background imageSwiss Collection: Mel Ferrer with Audrey Hepburn Holding Newborn Sean

Mel Ferrer with Audrey Hepburn Holding Newborn Sean
(Original Caption) Film actress Audrey Hepburn and her husband, actor Mel Ferrer, proudly show off their baby son, Sean, here July 19th. The nine pound youngster was born July 17th

Background imageSwiss Collection: Mel Ferrer with Audrey Hepburn Holding Newborn Sean

Mel Ferrer with Audrey Hepburn Holding Newborn Sean
(Original Caption) Film actress Audrey Hepburn and her husband, actor Mel Ferrer, proudly show off their baby son, Sean, here July 19th. The nine pound youngster was born July 17th



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