Industrial age

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Anonymous: stone crusher number 8 with Mr Bär, about 1914. (© Ammann Unternehmungen)

Anonymous: rolling out the gravel, 1939. (© Ammann Unternehmungen)

Josef Gschwend (1858-1939): Street scene near bridge. (© Museum Langenthal)

Josef Gschwend (1858-1939): gymnastics competition, about 1925. (© Museum Langenthal)

Gottfried Geiser (1914-2007): Open house at the apprentices' workshop, 1967. (© Ammann Unternehmungen)

Anonymous: tarmac machine, about 1910. (© Ammann Unternehmungen)

Josef Gschwend (1858-1939): Ernst Geiser company. (© Museum Langenthal)

Josef Gschwend (1858-1939): Ernst Geiser shed for storing apples. (© Museum Langenthal)

Josef Gschwend (1858-1939): Spitalplatz (hospital square) with William Tell restaurant, between 1929 and 1938. (© Museum Langenthal)

Anonymous: Drawing the line. Machine produced in St Dizier, France, 1938 (© Ammann Unternehmungen)

Gottfried Geiser (1914-2007): Sandblasting, 1969. (© Ammann Unternehmungen)

Gottfried Geiser (1914-2007): Dam building Mattmark, 1964. (© Ammann Unternehmungen)

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The industrial heritage of small town Switzerland is being presented in a photo exhibition in Langenthal.

The exhibition at the art centre in Langenthal provides insight into industrial Switzerland in the 20th century. “Industriebild Langenthal” (A picture of industry in Langenthal) includes a selection of images from local photographer Josef Gschwend (1858-1939), taken from the archives of the Ammann companies. The exhibition runs until June 29, 2008.