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book (design) story #748

(unknown) :
grindelwald / berner oberland

verkehrsbüro grindelwald, around 1937
printer: art. institut orell füssli, zürich
size: 22 x 11 cm
photographer: schudel, lottenbach, steiner/heiniger, et al.
designer: werner grob

grindelwald is a well-known torist destination in the bernese alps. this undated tourist pamphlet for the summer season ...

... seems to be from the mid-1930s.

the design is credited to "w. grob": werner grob (1906-1971) was the director of the grindelwald tourist office from c. 1930 to 1946.

slanted sansserif headlines were typical for '30s swiss tourist pamphlets.