Black Alpine Pig

• Anderegg Felix, 1898: Illustriertes Lehrbuch für die gesamte Schweizerische Alpwirtschaft
• Cassella P., Cassella O. 1880: Manuale pratico per lo allevamento del maiale
• Jaritz Günter, Salzburg 2014: Seltene Nutztiere der Alpen - 7000 Jahre geprägte Kulturlandschaft
• Mascheroni Ettore, Torino 1927: Zootecnia speciale, III. Suini
• Nehring Alfred, Berlin 1886, Katalog der Säugetiere, p. 57-59
• Staffe Adolf, 1913: Verbreitung des schwarzen Landschweines der südlichen Ostalpen
• Steinmüller Johann Rudolf: Naturgeschichte des gemeinen Schweines und der verschiedenen Racen der Schweiz; Neue Alpina, 1827
• Sturzenegger Robert, 1917, Inaugural-Dissertation "Die Schweinezucht der Schweiz"

Courtyard at Gruyeres, Canton of Friborg

Alpine pigs at Château-d'Oex 1922, canton of Vaud

Red Alpine pigs 1905 on the Anzeindaz Alp, Gryon VD (Archive Dominik Flammer)

Val-de-Bagnes, Canton of Valais, late 30s (cc. D.Michaud)

Pig market in Valais with new and old pig breeds
(from Médiatheque Valaisanne, cc. Dominik Flammer)

Postcard from the trade fair in Sion, Valais, in 1910 (Dominik Flammer collection)

Alpine pigs near Zermatt, Valais

Alp at Oeschinensee, Kandersteg, Bernese Oberland

Valley of Erstfeld, canton Uri (circa 1900)

Sow in Appenzell 1904 - high legged, but light colour

Ticino pig "la nostra" (≈ 1950), probably not purebred anymore

Blenio pig from Ticino, or red pig, Grison Oberland (CH), 1964 near Vals (cc J.P. Müller)

Pig feeding at Fasons (Grison CH), 1925 I(left); Valtellina or Grison type pig in Val Malenco (IT) (right)

Alp Curtginatsch above Wergenstein, the Grisons, around 1930 (cc. Beverin Nature Park)

Postcard from the Tambo-Alp above Splügen, dated 8 July 1907

Pigs on the Andossi Alp, Splügen Pass 1982 (Photo: Bündner Naturmuseum, Chur)

Val di Lei before 1960 (from private archive, video editing)

Alpine pigs with Large White boar for crossbreeding on an alp in the
Aosta Valley, Italy (cc. Michele Corti)

Fresco in Palazzo Vertemate at Piuro near Chiavenna (Valtellina, Italy). It shows
Black Alpine Pigs before 1618. One of the oldest testimonies (cc. D.Flammer).

Val di Mello, Valtellina, 1962

Slaughtering at Samolaco, Valchiavenna (IT)Porker market, Grosio Valtellina (IT), 1930

Exhibition of breeding pigs at Grosio (IT), 1934 (ccTramanzoli)

Val Seriana BG (cc Bergamini)

Altarpiece in 1878 in St-Remigius church in Eyrs-Vinschgau

Spotted (and black) pig of South Tyrol, Val Ultimo (IT)S. Polo di Piave, Treviso, Veneto (IT)Tezze, Valsugana, Trentino (IT)

Friulana Nera, Fagagna, around 1955 (last animals until 1982)

Kelchsau, Brixental, Tyrol (AT), 1950 (cc Köxa)

sow at Maria Saal, Carinthia (AT)boar at Maria Saal, Carinthia (AT)Pinzgau landrace (AT) 1947 (cc Jaritz)