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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…

Photograph of Charles K. Hamilton flying his Curtiss-Herring No. 1 "Reims Racer" at an air show at Meadows Race Track near Seattle, Washington, March 11 or 12, 1910. Hamilton's flights at this air show are credited as the first heavier-than-air…

Photograph of Charles K. Hamilton flying his Curtiss-Herring No. 1 "Reims Racer" at an air show at Meadows Race Track near Seattle, Washington, March 11 or 12, 1910. Hamilton's flights at this air show are credited as the first heavier-than-air…

Photograph of Herbert Munter in the Boeing B & W Model 1 floatplane, circa 1916. Inscription on album page: "Herb Munter in his first hydroplane. 1913 [sic]." Part of "A Portfolio of Early Aviation Photos, 1908-1913," a photograph album…

Photograph of the Condor, a home-built aircraft designed by Charles A. Bossuet, in a field near Seattle, Washington, circa 1910.  Inscription on album page: "Front view Bossuet Plane. 1909 [incorrect date]." Part of "A Portfolio of Early Aviation…

Photograph of a man, possibly pilot Roger Varicle, seated in Eugene Romano's "Flying Bed Post" aircraft, circa 1911-1912. Inscription on album page: "1911." Part of "A Portfolio of Early Aviation Photos, 1908-1913," a photograph album containing ten…

Photograph of the Condor, a home-built aircraft designed by Charles A. Bossuet, in a field near Seattle, Washington, circa 1910. The unidentified man to the left is possibly Mr. Bossuet.  Inscription on album page: "Plane (?) designed by Mr. Bossuet…

Photograph of an unidentified man sitting in a Wright (Co) Model B pusher airplane, circa 1912.  Inscription on album page: "1912." Part of "A Portfolio of Early Aviation Photos, 1908-1913," a photograph album containing ten black-and-white…

Photograph album entitled "A Portfolio of Early Aviation Photos, 1908-1913," containing ten ten black-and-white photographs of early aviation. Each page has a single photographic print accompanied by a handwritten caption that provides brief…

Photograph of a group of aviation mechanics standing with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1908-1913.  Inscription on album page: "Early aviation mechanics." Part of "A Portfolio of Early Aviation Photos, 1908-1913," a photograph album containing ten…