Alwina Gossauer (1841-1926) was a Swiss photographer and businesswoman. Born and raised in Rapperswil, as an adult she made Rapperswil again her home and became one of the first women professional photographers in Switzerland.
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Gossauer's first own photo atelier "Photographie A. Gossauer", photographed by herself around 1880. The photograph shows the present Seequai in Rapperswil, where at that time the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) landing gate was situated, Lindenhof hill and the Rapperswil Castle's Gügeli tower in the background.![1878 photograph by Gossauer showing the Seedamm railway causeway, a panoramic view of Rapperswil and of the Bachtel mountain. The retouched photograph was published on occasion of the opening ceremony of the Seedamm railway causeway.[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Alwina_Gossauer_-_S%C3%BCdansicht_von_Rapperswil_nach_Abbruch_der_Seebr%C3%BCcke_und_Bau_des_Seedamms_1879_-_Stadtmuseum_Rapperswil_-_%27Stadt_in_Sicht_-_Rapperswil_in_Bildern%27_2013-10-05_16-18-09_%28P7700%29.JPG/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
1878 photograph by Gossauer showing the Seedamm railway causeway, a panoramic view of Rapperswil and of the Bachtel mountain. The retouched photograph was published on occasion of the opening ceremony of the Seedamm railway causeway.[2]
Kunstgüetli house in Rapperswil (September 2015)![A folding camera type Engel-Feitknecht as used by Gossauer around 1890.[4]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Ausstellung_%27Der_Zeit_voraus_-_Drei_Frauen_auf_eigenen_Wegen%27_-_Stadtmuseum_Rapperswil_-_Aterlierkamera_Engel-Feitknecht_um_1890_PA_Foto_Gross_2015-09-05_16-34-45.JPG/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
A folding camera type Engel-Feitknecht as used by Gossauer around 1890.[4]Artists born in the 1840s 6
About this person
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1841 to 1926 · aged 85
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