[Curtiss-Herring No. 1 "Reims Racer" crash]

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 photos. Probabally [sic] the first picture ever taken of an actual plane crash at the moment of impact. Hamilton's plane about 1908 [incorrect date]. Taken by C. A. Little of Seattle."

Part of "A Portfolio of Early Aviation Photos, 1908-1913," a photograph album containing ten black-and-white photographs of early aviators and their aircraft.