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Photographs by Josef Burri .Edited by Katri Burri. Copy editor: Erwin Koch. Afterword by Marco Meier. Limmat Verlag, Zurich 1993, 2nd edition 1994.

Josef Burri (1873–1961), postman in Malters (Canton Lucerne) and amateur photographer, documented everyday life around 1900.

Construction workers, around 1912 (Malters, Canton Lucerne) © Josef Burri
Kropfgasse schoolhouse (Malters, Canton Lucerne) © Josef Burri
Post office, around 1900. Second from right the photographer Josef Burri (Malters, Canton Lucerne) © Josef Burri
The painter, around 1906 (Malters, Canton Lucerne) © Josef Burri
Beekeepers (Malters, Canton Lucerne) © Josef Burri
Church choir outing to the Eigenthal (Malters, Canton Lucerne) © Josef Burri
Baptism, 1921 (Malters, Canton Lucerne) © Josef Burri
Dr. Roman Burri and his wife Maria, around 1900 (Malters, Canton Lucerne) © Josef Burri
Trading donkeys, around 1910 (Malters, Canton Lucerne) © Josef Burri
Josef Burri, 1873–1961 (Malters, Canton Lucerne) © Josef Burri
Fair, before 1920 (Malters, Canton Lucerne) © Josef Burri