Porträt von Ballonkapitän

Spelterini im Ballonkorb vor dem Start

Dating

Aufnahme ca. 1900 - 1931; Foto wohl 1950er-Jahre

Persons

Fotograf/in

Eduard Spelterini (Schweizer) (1852 - 1931), pilot/in oder Ballonfahrer/in

Eduard Spelterini (Schweizer) (1852 - 1931), Porträtierte/r

Walter (Walter F.) Dollfus (1898 - 1978), Sammler/in

Description

Ausschnitt aus einem unbekannten Original-Foto: bereits älterer Spelterini in einem Ballonkorb stehend, während der Startvorbeitungen. Er trägt eine Kleidung (nicht Uniform), aber die Kapitänsmütze.

Signature / Inscription

Signatur / Beschriftung: Auf Rückseite gestempelt: "Dr. Walter Dollfus / Hohenklingenstr. 41 / CH-8049 Zürich"; Foto mit Bleistift beschriftet auf Rückseite: "Kapitän Eduard Spelterini / Schweiz. Ballonpilot / 1862-1931"

Object type

Original photos

Material / Technique

Fotoabzug, schwarzweiss

Dimensions

14.8 x 10.5 cm

Inventory number

VA-41897

Rights

Fotonachweis: Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, Luzern (Fotograf unbekannt)

Legend

Eduard Spelterini in the basket of his balloon between 1900 and 1931 The picture is a section of an unknown original photo. It shows a by then older Eduard Spelterini. He is standing in a balloon during the preparations for launch, wearing a suit and tie and a captain’s hat. Spelterini lived from 1852 to 1931 and was the first Swiss balloon pioneer. Between 1880 and 1931 he made around 500 balloon flights, carrying 1237 passengers. In the course of these, he made remarkable aerial photographs of Switzerland and other countries including Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Egypt, France, Italy, Poland, Russia, Turkey and South Africa. Bequeathed to the private collection of Walter Dollfus, donated by Walter Dollfus, Zurich. Photo credits: Swiss Museum of Transport, Lucerne (Photographer unknown) The photograph is one example from the well over 100,000 pictures in the Swiss Museum of Transport photo collection. Around 4,000 photos have been digitised and can be called up on the terminal in the documentation centre in Lucerne (in German). The online collection is being constantly expanded.