Image Archive
Sector architect: Jan Both, Pavilion architect: Carl Fingerhuth (Copyright notice: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Comet Photo AG (Zürich) / Com_C12-229-022 / CC BY-SA 4.0)
Above, the line to Balsberg and Kloten, below, the line to the airport station, across the Glatt (Copyright notice: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Schneider, Reto / Com_C29-019-002-001 / CC BY-SA 4.0)
Extent
3.5 million documents
Holdings
- Comet Photo AG Archive
- Image Archive of the Foundation Luftbild Schweiz
- Images from personal papers
- Industrial Culture Foundation Photo Archive
- Portrait Collection
- Swissair Photo Archive
- View Collection
Relevance of research and Public
ETH Library has extensive, historically valuable image holdings. Selected photographs are being digitized and can be searched for in external pageETH Library @ swisscovery and on E-?Pics Image Archive Online. Historical films and sound recordings are available online at ETH Zurich's video portal. The images can be used freely accessible by the general public.
Current activities, projects
- ETH Library's crowdsourcing blog
- Georeferencing using the external pageSmapshot collaborative platform
- external pageWikipedia project ETH-Portraits
- Book series Pictorial Worlds. Photographs from the Image Archive, ETH Library volumes 1 to 7
Use of the archive / online presence
- E-Pics Image Archive Online
- Where legally permitted, the digital copies can be downloaded in high resolution and used freely.
Opening hours
Reading Room Collections and Archives
Mon–Fri: 10.00–17.00
(Please book in advance)
Individual guided tours on request