Rene Barrier and Mr. Moisant at Detroit aviation meet
Description:
View of aviator Rene Barrier and Mr. Moisant at Detroit aviation meet. Handwritten on back: "Aircraft competitions--Detroit aviation meet, 1911. Barrier & Mr. Moissant [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."
