[Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft at Brooks Field, Texas]

Photograph of several Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft (visible fuselage numbers 3186, 3071, 301[?]) at Brooks Field, Texas, November 29, 1918. Some of the aircraft are painted with German markings, possibly part of a show or training exercise.

Inscription on album page: "Scenes from the Battle of Brooks Field, Nov. 29, 1918. American planes before Chateau de Brooks. Huns photographed by a daring scout."

Part of a photograph album from the J. V. and Harley Hyde Collection, 1918-1919. Album contains 38 black-and-white photographs documenting the military service of the Hyde brothers.

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