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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Ballooning Over the Alps Scrapbook
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0578
- Dates:
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1909
- Languages:
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German.
- Physical Description:
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0.13 Cubic feet1 flat box
- Repository:
On February 9--10, 1909, the balloon "Berlin" made one of the first balloon crossings over the Alps. This collection contains a scrapbook documenting the flight that includes photographs, news clippings, and telegrams.
This collection is in German.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a scrapbook documenting the flight across the Alps made by the balloon "Berlin" in February 1909. The scrapbook contains 27 black and white photographs, with German captions, including both ground shots of the balloon as well as aerial shots taken from the balloon in flight. Besides the balloon's crew and various spectators, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg are shown in the photographs. The scrapbook also includes several newspaper clippings and two telegraphs, all in German.
Arrangement
Arrangement
This collection is in original order.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
On February 9--10, 1909, the balloon "Berlin" made one of the first balloon crossings over the Alps. The balloon ascended from St. Moritz, Switzerland and landed 30 hours later near Sárbogárd, Hungary. The pilot of the balloon was Oskar Erbslöh, Julius Zumtanwald was the guide, Friedrich Gruneberg kept the log, and Fritz Reimann was a passenger.
Administration
Author
Jessamyn Lloyd
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unknown, found in collection, NASM.XXXX.0578.
Processing Information
Arranged and described by Michelle F. Clark, 1997. Updated and encoded by Jessamyn Lloyd, 2021.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Ballooning Over the Alps Scrapbook, NASM.XXXX.0578, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Balloons | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Scrapbooks | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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