Record Name | Com_F61-00092-0001 |
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Photographer | Comet Photo AG (Zürich) |
Dating | 02.08.1961 |
Caption | On August 2, 1961, a tourist car crashed into Lake Lucerne on Lopperstrasse in Hergiswil. In what was at the time the worst accident on Swiss roads, 16 American tourists lost their lives. On the aerial view looking west to Hergiswil (Glasi Hergiswil on the right) you can see the car recovered from the lake and the many onlookers along the road. |
Caption (German) | Am 2. August 1961 stürzte auf der Lopperstrasse in Hergiswil ein Reisecar in den Vierwaldstättersee. Beim bis zum damaligen Zeitpunkt schwersten Unglück auf Schweizer Strassen kamen 16 amerikanische Touristen ums Leben. Auf dem Luftbild Blick nach Westen auf Hergiswil (rechts die Glasi Hergiswil) sieht man den aus dem See geborgenen Car und die vielen Schaulustigen an der Strasse. |
Physical description | Fotografie : Negativ |
Format | 13 x 18 cm |
Colour | schwarz/weiss |
Orientation | Querformat |
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License | Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 |
Copyright notice | ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Comet Photo AG (Zürich) / Com_F61-00092-0001 / CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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