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Steam locomotive E 2/2 No 11 St. Gotthard Railway GB 1881Construction locomotive of the St. Gotthard RailwayThis small locomotive uses the Brown system of lever-drive with elevated cylinders. The British engineer Charles Brown was the major founder of the Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works (SLM). He designed this special driving arrangement to reduce the width of the locomotive immediately above rail level. This type of construction was particularly suited for construction and factory locomotives as well as steam tramways.
  • Steam locomotive E 2/2 No 11 St. Gotthard Railway GB 1881
    Construction locomotive of the ...
  • GB Gotthardbahn (Gotthard-Bahn, Gotthardbahn-Gesellschaft) (1871 - 1909), Operator or user
    von Roll Giesserei Choindez (1871 - 1909), Operator or user
    SLM Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik (1871 - 1998), Manufacturer
    Brown Charles sen. (1827 - 1905), Patent
  • Inv. Nr. VHS-72
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Sauber Petronas C16Switzerland 1997From driver to designerPeter Sauber built his first racing car in the cellar of his parents’ house. After a Swiss Championship title, Sauber decided to give up driving and to only build „racing machines“, as he calls them. Entry into Formula 1After successes with Mercedes in Group C in 1989 und 1990, this racing classification was dropped for reasons of cost. Formula 1 hardly costs anything more, but offers much more publicity. The racing team make their first start in the top class in 1991. Although some initial successes only establish the newcomer in the lower ranks, this represents a stable basis.Racing team without a trackAt the end of 2005, Peter Sauber sells 80% of his racing team to BMW. Even today, the BMW-Sauber team still has its offices in Hinwil, Zurich – a unique situation, because Sauber is the only team in Formula 1 that does not have a race track in its own country.
  • Sauber Petronas C16
    Switzerland 1997
    From driver to designer
    Peter Sauber built his first ...
  • PP Sauber AG (Sauber Motorsport AG, Red Bull Sauber AG, Sauber Petronas AG) (1970 - 2005), Betreiber/in, Hersteller/in, sign.
    Sauber Petronas Engineering AG (*1995), Engine manufacturer, sign.
    Herbert Johnny Paul (*1964), Racing driver, sign.
  • Inv. Nr. VHS-5936
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Aerial cableway mast with two circulating gondolas, 2016One means of transport conquers the AlpsThe mast is equipped with articulated, cable-bearing sheave assemblies (arrays of grooved wheels). It also carries elements needed for its maintenance (e.g. the transverse struts) and to ensure the safety of those working on it. Usually, the cable passes over the sheave assemblies, which support the load. However, where a mast has to keep a cable down rather than up, the cable is made to pass beneath the sheave assemblies. Also possible are so-called compression assemblies that fulfil both roles.After 30 years of evolution, CWA’s fourth generation of Omega gondola with its ideal shape is seen by many as an industry standard. In 2015 gondolas could be found in over 60 countries – and increasingly in urban environments. Gondola development in Switzerland in terms of engineering know-how is focused on optimised aluminium profiles and connection technology.
  • Aerial cableway mast with two circulating gondolas, 2016
    One means of transport conquers ...
  • Garaventa AG, Manufacturer, archivalisch belegt
    CWA Carrosseriewerke Aarburg AG (*1939), Manufacturer, archivalisch belegt
    Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH (*1939), Manufacturer, archivalisch belegt
  • Inv. Nr. VHS-11948
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Hans Erni (1909-2015)Picture panel for the UNESCO exhibition, Zurich 1949Hans Erni-Stiftung, Luzern, Depositum der Kunstsammlung des BundesA few months after the end of the Second World War, UNESCO was founded in London in November 1945 as a sub-organisation of the UN. Its objectives can be seen in its full name, "United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization", of which "UNESCO" is an abbreviated form reduced to the initial letters: To this day, the organisation is dedicated to the promotion of education, science and culture, as well as to mutual exchange among representatives of these fields, but also lay people from different countries. Still under the impression of the devastating war, one of UNESCO's overriding goals was to prevent future armed conflicts by promoting international communication.In 1949, Switzerland also joined this organisation, which was immediately celebrated at the end of August of that year by an exhibition in the Zurich Kongresshaus. The exhibition was also intended to inform the Swiss population about the aims and possibilities of this organisation and to encourage them to participate, which is why it was connected to the popular radio exhibition taking place at the same time.Central pieces of the exhibition, conceived and designed by the Zurich artist and designer Gottfried Honegger (1971-2016), were 13 picture panels by the Lucerne artist Hans Erni, who had achieved national fame a few years earlier with the monumental mural "Switzerland, the holiday land of nations" at the tourism pavilion of the 1939 Zurich National Exhibition.In Erni's virtuoso drawing style, the panels show motifs that can be loosely identified with UNESCO's fields of activity: A reading couple may be taken to indicate education, a head next to organ forms may signify science, while the multitude of faces - also found on the present panel - may stand for peacemaking communication. The panels are thus an early example of Hans Erni's lifelong endeavour to use his works to present complex issues in a visually appealing form. The panels were received very controversially: While some commentaries in the press praised their freshness and modernity, the conservative press in particular rejected the panels outright, whereby Erni's reputation as an "extreme leftist" artist in the Switzerland of the beginning Cold War may have played a role.After the exhibition, the panels disappeared and led a shadowy existence in a public depot for decades. They were recently restored on behalf of the Federal Art Collection and handed over on permanent loan to the Hans Erni Foundation, in whose museum they will be on public display again for the first time in decades.
  • Hans Erni (1909-2015)
    Picture panel for the UNESCO exhibition, Zurich 1949
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  • Erni Hans (Pseudonym François Grèques) (1909 - 2015)
  • Inv. Nr. HEM-424
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