Oblique aerial photograph of the Shanxi Road District in Nanjing, China, circa 1937. Julius A. Barr's residence is marked in black ink. Photo from album page 112.Inscription on album page: "Shansi Road District. Nanking. (New residential district,…
Oblique aerial photograph of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum on Zijin Shan (Purple Mountain) in Nanjing, China, circa 1937. Photo from album page 114.Inscription on album page: "Sun Yat Sen's [sic] Mausoleum. Purple Mountain, Nanking."Part of the Julius A.…
Photograph of the entrance to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum on Zijin Shan (Purple Mountain) in Nanjing, China, circa 1937. Photo from album page 114.Inscription on album page: "Sun Yat Sen's [sic] Mausoleum. Purple Mountain, Nanking."Part of the Julius…
Photograph of pilot Eric Just with General Chiang Kai-shek's Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) aircraft (tail number NC-16929) in Nanjing, China, May 2, 1937. Photo from album page 132.Inscription on album page: "Pilot Eric Just. Pilot just…
Photograph of the Jensen family in Nanjing, China, January 1937. From left to right: Irene Jensen, Connie Jensen, Ray Jensen, and Al Jensen. Photo from album page 112.Inscription on album page: "Jensen family. Al, Irene, Ray + Connie. Jan. 1937."Part…
Letter from Hortense Barr to Julius Barr's parents, August 30, 1936. Discusses evacuating from Nanjing to Hankou (China) with the children, Julius's continued work in Nanjing evacuating officials via a Sikorsky S-43 aircraft, and her fears about the…
Letter from Hortense Barr to Julius Barr's parents, March 7, 1937. Discusses the political turmoil in China, her husband's (Julius) and Royal Leonard's dangerous piloting work, an upcoming evacuation from Hankou, and other personal news. Also…
Letter from Julius A. Barr to his parents, September 19, 1931. Discusses his experiences in China as a demonstration pilot. Four handwritten pages on Chinese Government Railways stationery.
Letter from Julius Barr to his parents, April 15, 1937. Discusses the dangerous political situation in China, Zhang Xueliang's imprisonment of Chiang Kai‐shek, and the seizure of their air base at Nanhu. Also mentions a clipping, which is not…
Photograph of five men at the Yangshan Quarry near Nanjing, China, June 1936. Three of the men are identified as Liu (left), A. Tarantin (second from left), and Stennes (far right). Photo from album page 64.Inscription on album page: "At the Ming…