• A man sits posed on a motorcycle, looking at the camera. He is in front of what is presumably a fake background meant to look like the beach.
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    Glenn H. Curtiss posed seated on his Curtiss 1907 V-8 motorcycle in a studio photograph with added an "beach" background, circa 1907. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "G. H. Curtiss, Hammondsport N.Y., Worlds Record Mile 26 3/5 sec."

  • A man sits posed on a motorcycle, looking at the camera. He is in front of what is presumably a fake background meant to look like the beach.

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM 90-608)

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