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    Eduard Spelterini (2 June 1852 – 16 June 1931) was a Swiss pioneer of ballooning and of aerial photography. Spelterini was born in Bazenheid in the Toggenburg...
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    Allmendhubelbahn funicular in Murren, Switzerland. Aerial view by Eduard Spelterini, between 1893 and 1924 Mürren in German, French and Italian in the...
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    Aerial photography by Eduard Spelterini in 1910...
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    Aerial photography of gold mines, taken by Eduard Spelterini in July 1911...
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    City of the Dead, the Northern Cemetery, in 1904 by Eduard Spelterini...
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    Mokattam (upper area), above the City of the Dead—Cairo necropolis, in a 1904 aerial view by Eduard Spelterini from a hot air balloon....
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    took the form of balloon transport, pioneered by Swiss balloonist Eduard Spelterini, but by 1914 there was still little official support for an air corps...
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    Palace, the Nimb Hotel and Restaurant Aerial photography, taken from Eduard Spelterini's balloon on 22 June 1922 Vertigo in Tivoli Tivoli Gardens, New Year's...
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    The Hauptbahnhof in a photo by Eduard Spelterini, ca. 1907....
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    Bürkliplatz, Quaibrücke, Münsterbrücke and Münsterhof, and Rathausbrücke–Weinplatz, aerial photography by Eduard Spelterini in the probably mid-1890s....
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  • and pilot of Solar Impulse Yves Rossy (born 1959), pilot, "jet-man" Eduard Spelterini (1852–1931), balloonist Emile Taddéoli (1879–1920), pilot, Swiss pilot's...
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    Bellevueplatz and Bürkliplatz, Quaibrücke. Also: Münsterbrücke and Münsterhof, and Rathausbrücke–Weinplatz (aerial photography by Eduard Spelterini c. mid-1890s)...
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    intermediate stops at Hawaii and Fiji) covering roughly 11,566 km (7,187 mi). Spelterini began aerial photography in approximately 1893 and began taking a camera...
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    the middle The Unteralpreuss flowing through Andermatt Andermatt by Eduard Spelterini, ca. 1903 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen"...
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    Alfred Escher 500 027 Henry Dunant 500 028 Francesco Borromini 500 029 Eduard Spelterini 500 030 Louis Chevrolet 500 031 Louis Favre 500 032 Henry Dufaux 500...
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    and Münsterhof, and Rathausbrücke–Weinplatz, aerial photography by Eduard Spelterini in the probably mid-1890s. Type pedestrian zone Owner City of Zürich...
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    Bellevueplatz, Quaibrücke, Bürkliplatz, Bauschänzli, Münsterbrücke, Rathausbrücke, and Weinplatz (aerial photograph by Eduard Spelterini, probably late 1890s)...
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    aerial photograph by Eduard Spelterini in the probably late 1890s...
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    mouthpiece between by teeth.'" Dare teamed up with Swiss balloonist Eduard Spelterini. He would take her, suspended under the basket of his balloon, to...
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    Bürkliplatz, Quaibrücke, Münsterbrücke and Münsterhof, and Rathausbrücke–Weinplatz, aerial photography by Eduard Spelterini in the probably mid-1890s....
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    Giza pyramid complex, photographed from Eduard Spelterini's balloon on November 21, 1904...
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  • 1889 – Knabenschiessen begins. 1890 – Seebad Utoquai opened. 1891 Eduard Spelterini starts his Urania balloon. Stadttheater Zürich [de] opens. Gottfried...
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    Quaibrücke, Bauschänzli, Münsterbrücke and Rathausbrücke (aerial photograph by Eduard Spelterini, probably late 1890s)...
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    Bürkliplatz, Quaibrücke, Münsterbrücke and Münsterhof, and Rathausbrücke–Weinplatz, aerial photography by Eduard Spelterini probably in the mid-1890s....
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    Lindenhof-Sihlbühl area, Gmüessbrügg on the upper side, and the Waisenhaus on the Limmat shore in the foreground. Aerial photography by Eduard Spelterini around 1909....
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    Bürkliplatz, Quaibrücke, Bauschänzli, Stadthausquai, Münsterbrücke and Münsterhof, and Rathausbrücke–Weinplatz, aerial photography by Eduard Spelterini c. 1895...
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    Quaibrücke, Münsterbrücke and Rathausbrücke on an aerial photograph by Eduard Spelterini, c. 1895...
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  • Lavey-Morcles is created by a merger of Morcles and Lavey June 2 – Eduard Spelterini, pioneer of ballooning and aerial photography (d. 1931) June 28 –...
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    Frauenbad, Quaibrücke, Münsterbrücke and Münsterhof, and Rathausbrücke–Weinplatz, aerial photography by Eduard Spelterini probably in the mid-1890s....
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    Quaibrücke, Münsterbrücke and Rathausbrücke on an aerial photograph by Eduard Spelterini, c. 1895...
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