Unidentified photographer 1909 The Curtiss No. 2 more commonly known as the Reims Racer at an air race in France in 1909
Glass stereoview, half, detail Private collection of John Quin The Reims Racer was a modified Curtiss No. 1 built for air racing by American Glenn Curtiss who also flew the aircraft, the Racer won the race at Reims race in 1909.
Curtiss sold the Reims Racer to Charles Hamilton, who crashed it in Seattle in 1910.
From a large collection of glass stereoviews that belonged to Dr William Gardiner Anglin (1856 - 1934) who lectured at Queens University in Kingston, Ont.
