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…
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 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 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.
Photograph of (from left to right) Stew Somers, Effie Hortense Barr, Julius A. Barr, and Bill S. standing outside a building, Nanjing, China, circa November 1935.Inscription: "Stew Somers, Hortense, Julius, Bill S. Nanking. Nov 1935."Part of a…
Photograph of Perry Hutton, Rene Cochran, and Carl Kjus standing near a Ford Tri-Motor aircraft, Nanjing, China, October 1931.
Inscription: "Perry Hutton, Rene Cochran, Carl Kjus. Nanking. Oct. 1931."
Part of a photograph album related to Julius A.…
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 front of General Chiang Kai-shek's Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) aircraft (tail number NC-16929), showing an indent in the soft ground after a rough landing in Nanjing, China, May 2, 1937. Several people, including…
Photograph of National Revolutionary Army soldiers gathered around General Chiang Kai-shek's Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) aircraft (tail number NC-16929) at an airfield in Nanjing, China, May 2, 1937. Photo from album page 132.Inscription…
Photograph of unidentified men at the Yangshan Quarry near Nanjing, China, circa 1934-1937. Photo from album page 125.Inscription on album page: "The Ming Quarries. Source of stone figures at Ming tombs, Nanking."Part of the Julius A. Barr photograph…