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PTA/5/1/8/2
Piece
nd [1800-1899]

Photograph mounted on board, showing hotel at base of glacier. The photograph is labelled 249. Rhonegletscher mit dem Hotel. Photographer: V Osw. Schroeder, K Sachs-Hofphot., Leipzig.

Photograph: Gorges de L'Aar, Meringen, Switzerland

PTA/5/1/8/3
Piece
nd [1800-1899]

Part of Polytechnic Touring Association

Photograph mounted on board, man stood on viewing platform in front of waterfall gorge. The photograph is labelled 1202. Gorges de l'Aar. On reverse: Photographie A Garcin, J Jullien Succr., Geneve.

Photograph: Small town with harbour [Norway]

PTA/5/1/8/7
Piece
nd [1800-1899]

Part of Polytechnic Touring Association

Photograph of a small town with a harbour. Unidentified location but thought to be Norway. A steamship is docked in the harbour - possibly the Viking.

Photograph: Watercolour of two skiers [Norway]

PTA/5/1/8/9
Piece
nd [1800-1899]

Part of Polytechnic Touring Association

Photograph of a watercolour of man and woman skiing down a slope. The original drawing is signed: Nils ?

Photograph: Furka hotel and stagecoach, Switzerland

PTA/5/1/8/10
Piece
nd [1800-1899]

Part of Polytechnic Touring Association

Photograph of group of men and women and stagecoach near the Hotel Furka. The photograph is captioned: 800. Furka, l'Hotel (2436m) et la Diligence.

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PTA/6/1
Item
[1800-2000]

Part of Polytechnic Touring Association

Photograph: woman and milk cart

PTA/5/1/8/1
Piece
nd [1800-1899]

Part of Polytechnic Touring Association

Photograph showing a young women leaning over a cart full of milk churns, pulled by a dog. Annotated on reverse: Leikerse Flammande?

Photograph: Men, horse and sled on glacier

PTA/5/1/8/6
Piece
nd [1800-1899]

Part of Polytechnic Touring Association

Photograph of two men, one seated, one standing, on sled pulled by horse on a glacier. Unidentified location.

Photograph: Aigle Hotel, Grindelwald, Switzerland

PTA/5/1/8/11
Piece
nd [1800-1899]

Part of Polytechnic Touring Association

Photograph of Aigle Hotel, Grindelwald and the Wetterhorn. The photograph is captioned: 990. Grindelwald, Hotel Aigle et le Wetterhorn. On reverse is printed Schroeder & Cie., Zurich.

In the 19th century, Grindelwald evolved from being a mountain farming village into a tourist centre. In 1818, the first hotel, the 'Hotel de L'Aigle' (the Black Eagle) was built by Weibel Christian Bohren. The first illustration of this guest house originated in 1822. The Illustrated London News reported that the hotel was destroyed by fire in March 1897. The Sunstar-Adler-Hotel now stands in its place.

Photograph: Town and mountains [Switzerland]

PTA/5/1/8/12
Piece
nd [1800-1899]

Part of Polytechnic Touring Association

Photograph of unidentified town, with snow-capped mountains behind. On reverse is printed Schroeder & Cie., Zurich.

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