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![[Staff at a posh resort with passenger carriages for the Grand Hotel Zermatterhof, Seiler's Hotel Mont Cervin, and Hotels National Schweizerhof Belle Vue, in Zermatt, Switzerland]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMjMvc3RhZmYtYXQtYS1wb3NoLXJlc29ydC13aXRoLXBhc3Nlbmdlci1jYXJyaWFnZXMtZm9yLXRoZS1ncmFuZC1ob3RlbC16ZXJtYXR0ZXJob2YtMTA5ODc0LTEwMjQuanBn/320/259/jpg "[Staff at a posh resort with passenger carriages for the Grand Hotel Zermatterhof, Seiler's Hotel Mont Cervin, and Hotels National Schweizerhof Belle Vue, in Zermatt, Switzerland]")
![[Hotel Mürren, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvaG90ZWwtbXVycmVuLWJlcm5lc2Utb2JlcmxhbmQtc3dpdHplcmxhbmQtZjZkZWYxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Hotel Mürren, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.")
![[Lugano, Monte Generoso Hotel, Tessin, Switzerland]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDkvbHVnYW5vLW1vbnRlLWdlbmVyb3NvLWhvdGVsLXRlc3Npbi1zd2l0emVybGFuZC1kMGUzN2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Lugano, Monte Generoso Hotel, Tessin, Switzerland]")
![[Hotel Rigi Kulm and the Alps, Rigi, Switzerland]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvaG90ZWwtcmlnaS1rdWxtLWFuZC10aGUtYWxwcy1yaWdpLXN3aXR6ZXJsYW5kLWRiMTQ4ZC02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Hotel Rigi Kulm and the Alps, Rigi, Switzerland]")
![[Passhohe, Hotel Wildstrubel and the Alps, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDgvMjMvcGFzc2hvaGUtaG90ZWwtd2lsZHN0cnViZWwtYW5kLXRoZS1hbHBzLWJlcm5lc2Utb2JlcmxhbmQtc3dpdHplcmxhbmQtMTUzZjJlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Passhohe, Hotel Wildstrubel and the Alps, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland]")
![[Kandersteg, Hotel Victoria and Blumlisalp, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTUva2FuZGVyc3RlZy1ob3RlbC12aWN0b3JpYS1hbmQtYmx1bWxpc2FscC1iZXJuZXNlLW9iZXJsYW5kLXN3aXR6ZXJsYW5kLWNiNjk3Yy02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Kandersteg, Hotel Victoria and Blumlisalp, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland]")
![[Hotel Stanserhorn, Unterwald, Switzerland]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvaG90ZWwtc3RhbnNlcmhvcm4tdW50ZXJ3YWxkLXN3aXR6ZXJsYW5kLWQyYWE5MS02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Hotel Stanserhorn, Unterwald, Switzerland]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.")
