Aviators Frisbie, Simon and Barrier at Detroit aviation meet

View of aviators John J. Frisbie, Rene Simon and Rene Barrier at Detroit aviation meet. Reviewing stand in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Aircraft competitions--Detroit aviation meet, 1911. Frisbie, Simon, Harrier [sic]." Label on file: "This event took place between June 29 and July 4, 1911. The competition was populated by the Moisant Aviators, a traveling aviation show, with prizes reported to be in the area of $25,000. Photos indicate that only two airplanes were in action, a Curtis and a Bleriot. The Bleriot crashed."