That was then…

Previous Next

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

• Picture 1
• Picture 2
• Picture 3
• Picture 4
• Picture 5
• Picture 6
• Picture 7
• Picture 8
• Picture 9
• Picture 10
• Picture 11
• Picture 12
• Picture 13
• Picture 14
• Picture 15
• Picture 16
• Picture 17
• Picture 18
• Picture 19
• Picture 20
• Picture 21

Hans Steiner, born in 1907, captured life in mid-20th-century Switzerland.

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)