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Title
Elektrische bahn Brunnen-Morschach-(Axenfels)-Axenstein = Le chemin de fer électrique a crémaillère Brunnen-Morschach-(Axenfels)-Axenstein = The electric mountain railway Brunnen-Morschach-(Axenfels)-Axenstein
Creator
Gugger, A., illustrator
Kunstanstalt Hubacher A.G., publisher
Contributor
Kemble, John Haskell, 1912-1990, donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
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Description
Along the bottom of the poster are two boxes, one of which contains text in German, French and English, describing the railway between Brunnen, Morschach, and Axenstein; the other box contains a map showing the location of railway in relation to Lake Lucerne and the rest of Europe. Title from text at bottom of the poster. "Chemin de fer éléctrique Cog wheel railway / Elektrische bahn / Brunnen-Morschach-(Axenfels)-Axenstein / Vierwaldstättersee / Lac des Quatre Cantons Lake of Lucerne"--text below the image. "A. Luggar (?)"--artist's signature reproduce in the lower right corner of the image. Variant, there is a steamship schedule instead of text, can be seen at Swiss National Library (SNL), National Union Catalogues, Posters – Collection of Swiss posters, http://posters.nb.admin.ch/cgi-bin/hi-res/hi-res.cgi?image=VHS_APLAM_01621.jpg
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Print ; image 50.5 x 64.2 cm (19 7/8 x 25 1/4 in.) ; overall 99.7 x 70 cm (39 1/4 x 27 9/16 in.)
Identifier
priJHK 00007
325517
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/12266
Subject
Railroads--Switzerland--20th century
Electric railroads--Switzerland--Pictorial works
Railroads--Pictorial works
Advertising--Railroads--20th century
Advertising--Transportation--20th century
Posters, Swiss--20th century
Brunnen (Switzerland)--Description and travel
Posters
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection
Posters
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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