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Photograph of Charles K. Hamilton crashing his Curtiss-Herring No. 1 "Reims Racer" into a pond during an air show at Meadows Race Track in Georgetown, Washington, May 12, 1910. Inscription on album page: "One of the first spot news candid camera…

Photographic postcard of people looking at a wrecked aircraft, Winchester, Virginia, September 12, 1912. Inscription: "Wreck of aeroplane at Winchester, Va. Sept 12/12. Engine quit [illegible] landed in railroad cut. / W. S. Luckey."

Photograph of people with a partially submerged Curtiss seaplane, circa 1913-1915. Pilot William S. Luckey is waving to the camera from the aircraft's pontoon.

Photograph of people with a partially submerged Curtiss aircraft, circa 1913-1915.

Photographic postcard of people with a partially submerged Curtiss aircraft, circa 1913-1915. Some of the men are identified via inscription.Inscription: "Billie / Luis [illegible] / Higgins / Machine."

Photograph of people in boats gathered around a partially submerged Curtiss seaplane, circa 1913-1915. A crowd watches from a bridge in the background.Inscription on verso: "[illegible] group."

Photograph of a crowd gathered around a wrecked Curtiss aircraft, circa 1913-1915.

Photograph of a partially submerged Curtiss seaplane, circa 1913-1915. Pilot William S. Luckey is visible on the aircraft's pontoon.

Photograph of an unidentified destroyed biplane, circa 1914-1918. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of ephemera, circa 1917-1919. The photos trace…

Photograph of a crowd gathered around a crashed aircraft (tail number 404) near Keller, Texas, circa 1917-1918.Inscription on verso: "Wreck of 404 near Keller, Texas. WWI."