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KaWeDe Pool in Bern, 1935-1940 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Railway workshop, 1945-1950 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Chocolate grater, Tobler chocolate factory, Bern, 1953 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Anti-aircraft protection, radioactive alarm service, Bern, 1945-1950 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Speaker, 1942 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Study of a face, 1950-1955 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Winston Churchill's visit to Switzerland, canton Bern, September 1946 © Musée de l’Elysée -
The first escalator in Bern, Loeb department store, 1957 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Jürg Steiner, 1942 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Mountain guide training, Swiss Alpine Club, 1937-1938 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Swimming pool, Bern, 1945-1950 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Bremgarten, around 1945 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Washing machine, 1945-1950 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Climbing, around 1950 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Gritli Schaad and Fritz Schreiber after the new glider flight record, 1936 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Football match, Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, around 1935 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Spectators 1950-1955 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Fashion photography, around 1960 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Fashion photography, around 1960 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Young Swiss, around 1940 © Musée de l’Elysée -
Crans-Montana, around 1955 © Musée de l’Elysée
Hans Steiner, born in 1907, captured life in mid-20th-century Switzerland.
This content was published on February 16, 2011
Steiner had a broad range as a photographer, taking many portraits of figures in public life. Commissioned by the state, he put together an album of Switzerand for Haile Selassie in 1954. He also worked as a press photographer for various publications, covering the Eiger North Face ascent in 1938. (Hans Steiner/Musée de l’Elysée)
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