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        A late reply to Darius' request for information about early air photos.
The book he is looking for may be:
 
Fluckiger, Otto, 1881-1942.  Die Schweiz aus der Vogelschau : 274 Abbildungen
 aus der Sammlung von Walter Mittelholzer.  Herausgegeben und eigeleitet von
 Prof. Dr. Otto Fluckiger.  2. vermehrte Auflage.  Erlenbach-Zurich, Eugen
 Rentsch, 1926.  xxxxiv, 176 p., ill.
 
        Thanks to the online catalog of the U.W. General Library System and the
retrospective conversion project of the U.W. Geography Library staff (where a
copy of the book may be found) for the ease with which it was found!
 
        Back in 1967, I gave a paper on the history of aerial photography at an
SLA GMD meeting.  It was published in the SLA GMD Bulletin, no. 69, p. 17-25.
Darius, let me know if you would like a copy.  I do not remember the name
Mittelholzer from that research, but I do remember finding a lot of
information on the topic.
 
Mary Galneder, Arthur H. Robinson Map Library, 310 Science Hall, University of
Wisconsin, 550 N. Park St., Madison, WI  53706-1491, (608) 262-1471,
GALNEDER @ WISCMACC.BITNET or GALNEDER @ MACC.WISC.EDU