Service notice2026-05-07
Image archive temporarily unavailable
We are switching to a new image source provider. Existing OCR text and entity data remain queryable through the search and entity views — only raw page images are limited until the new pipeline re-populates the archive. New images will be ingested progressively.
Pipeline status
0pages in S3
Last updateawaiting first ingestion
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Pages Ingested
Pages currently in S3 (loading)
138
Bands Catalogued
1883–2020 (metadata only)
40'638
Hefts Mapped
Issue → page mapping
140+
Years Covered
1883 – present (text + entities)
Data Pipeline Sources
Ingesting
Historical Gazette Images
1883 – 2020 · VPS ingestion → S3
SHAB gazette pages from 1883 to 2020. Now sourced via the partner VPS pipeline and pushed into shared S3; vision-model OCR runs on each page once it lands. Re-ingestion is in progress after the 2026-05-07 source migration.
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Pages
138
Bands
VPS pipeline
Source
Live
Modern SHAB API
2020 – Present · Real-time API Ingestion
Live structured data from shab.ch API. Already digital — no OCR needed. Daily ingestion of company registrations, mutations, debt collections, and publications.
~1.5M+
Notifications
Daily
Frequency
shab.ch API
Source
SHAB Archive — 1883 to Present
140+ bands catalogued · page densities below reflect band-level metadata, not current image availability · Click a year to explore.
No data <1k 1-3k 3-5k 5k+pages Live API
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Named Entity Recognition — 16 Types
ORG
Organisation
Nestlé SA
PER
Person
Hans Müller
LOC
Location
Zürich
DATE
Date
15.03.1924
CAPITAL
Capital
CHF 100'000
UID
Company ID
CHE-123.456.789
LEGAL_FORM
Legal Form
Aktiengesellschaft
ROLE
Role
Verwaltungsratspräsident
EVENT_TYPE
Event
Neueintragung
REGISTER
Register
HR Zürich
NOTARY
Notary
Dr. P. Weber
PUBLICATION
Publication
SHAB Nr. 47
LEGAL_REF
Legal Ref
Art. 731b OR
AMOUNT
Amount
CHF 50'000
PURPOSE
Purpose
Handel mit Waren
SIGNATURE
Signature
Einzelunterschrift
Extraction Preview
SHAB Nr. 47 — 7. März 1924Sample Document
Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt Nr. 47, 7. März 1924
Handelsregister-Einträge
Zürich. — Nestlé & Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co., Aktiengesellschaft, in Cham.
Statutenänderung vom 28. Februar 1924. Das Aktienkapital ist von Fr. 80,000,000
auf Fr. 100,000,000 erhöht worden. Neu in den Verwaltungsrat gewählt:
Hans Müller, von Bern, wohnhaft in Zürich, als Mitglied.
ORG
PER
LOC
DATE
CAPITAL
LEGAL_FORM
ROLE