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Photos by Swiss aviation pioneer Walter Mittelholzer (1894-1937)
Photos - some of them aerial images - Walter Mittelholzer took during his adventurous flights to places like Spitzbergen (1923) or Persia (1925). See this Wikimedia Blog post for more information:…
Archives d'Etat de Genève (State Archives of the Canton of Geneva)
Inventories of three historical collections:
Collection des pièces historiques - This collection contains documents dating from 912 through 1846. It was assembled in the 19th century with the goal of gathering all documents considered…
Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial combines a shrine, a world-class museum, and an extensive archive. The Memorial's purpose is to commemorate the sacrifice of those Australians who have died in war. Its mission is to assist Australians to remember,…
Bergen Public Library
Bergen Public Library, Norway, has placed images on Flickr commons to increase public access to their digital collections. All digital files have been reproduced by Bergen Public Library unless otherwise noted. The documents are free to use, if no…
Inventory of Historical Monuments (Canton of Zurich)
Inventory of historical monuments in the Canton of Zurich (Denkmalschutzobjekte).
Illustration Archive
The Illustration Archive was created on the ‘Lost Visions’ project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (2014-15), and was the result of collaboration between humanities specialists and computer scientists at Cardiff University.…
The Canton of Jura 1892-1932 through the lens of Eugène Cattin
The archive of the Canton of Jura (Archives cantonales jurassiennes ArCJ), supported by Wikimedia CH, have uploaded their collection of works by the Swiss photographer Eugène Cattin (1866-1947) to Wikimedia Commons. Cattin was a professional…
Historical Photographs of Wetzikon by Fritz Wiesendanger
The Municipal Archives Wetzikon have made a set of historical photographs from the album of Fritz Wiesendanger (photographer in Wetzikon, †1917) available on Wikimedia Commons.
The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: as seen in prints and archives
This web exhibition “The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: as seen in prints and archives” has been produced as a collaboration between the Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) and the British Library. Its aim is to bring together the…
Photo collection Swiss built heritage by Max van Berchem
Max van Berchem, born 1863 in Geneva, was an orientalist, specialist in Islamic Archaeology and a photographer. He undertook research trips to Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Turkey.Between working in the Middle East he photographed many historically…