[]
Your ongoing selection
Asset(s) Assets
Your quote 0

Your selection

Clear selection
{"event":"pageview","page_type1":"catalog","page_type2":"image_page","language":"en","user_logged":"false","user_type":"ecommerce","nl_subscriber":"false"}
{"event":"ecommerce_event","event_name":"view_item","event_category":"browse_catalog","ecommerce":{"items":[{"item_id":"KES6247901","item_brand":"other","item_category":"photo","item_category2":"no_copyright","item_category3":"standard","item_category4":"margrit_baeumlin","item_category5":"not_balown","item_list_name":"search_results","item_name":"switzerland_airolo_avalanche_1951_b_w_photo","item_variant":"undefined"}]}}
Metadata Block (Hidden)

Contact us for further help

High res file dimension

Search for more high res images or videos

Switzerland Airolo Avalanche, 1951 (b/w photo)

Switzerland Airolo Avalanche, 1951 (b/w photo)
Asset - General information
Permissions
More info
Permission required for non-editorial use (inc book and magazine covers). Please contact us
Usage restrictions from our Content Partners
More info
Not available to clients invoiced in Switzerland / Not available to clients invoiced in Liechstenstein
Largest available format 3500 × 3594 px 4 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB]
Large 3500 × 3594 px 296 × 304 mm 3.9 MB
Medium 997 × 1024 px 84 × 87 mm 637 KB
Leave the work to our dedicated Account Managers
License details
Your details
*
*
*
*
*
IMAGE number
KES6247901
Image title
Switzerland Airolo Avalanche, 1951 (b/w photo)
Auto-translated text View Original Source
Photographer
Margrit Baeumlin
Medium
photograph
Date
1951 AD (C20th AD)
Image description

In February 1951, two nuns in Airolo, Switzerland, fetched the most important things from their houses before they had to leave the village again. The devastating Vallascia avalanche claimed ten lives on 12 February. The place stayed evacuated for weeks

Photo credit
Photopress Archiv/Keystone / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
Switzerland / Europe / snow / Now / Evacuation / relief / avalanche / Ticino / nuns / village / VALLASCIA-AVALANCHE / AVALANCHE WINTER / winter / Alps / airolo

Similar Images