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[Crated Boeing Model 247D on ship]
Photograph of the crate holding the Boeing Model 247D aboard the USS President Grant (originally named the USS Pine Tree State and later the USS Harris APA-2) in Shanghai, China, November 1934. Crate addressed to J.A. Barr Shanghai China. Photo from…

[Crated Boeing Model 247D being unloaded]
Photograph of a crated Boeing Model 247D fuselage being unloaded via crane from the SS President Grant in Shanghai, China, December 1, 1934. Photo from album page 65.Inscription on album page: "Unloading fuselage crate at Lungwha Aerodrome, Shanghai…

[Boeing Model 247D fuselage in crate]
Photograph of a crated Boeing Model 247D fuselage being unpacked in Shanghai, China, circa December 1934. Photo from album page 66.Inscription on album page: "The Boeing slowly emerges."Part of the Julius A. Barr photograph album containing three…

[Boeing Model 247D fuselage in crate]
Photograph of a crated Boeing Model 247D fuselage being unpacked in Shanghai, China, circa December 1934. Photo from album page 66.Inscription on album page: "The Boeing slowly emerges."Part of the Julius A. Barr photograph album containing three…

[Huangpu River and the Bund]
Photograph of the Huangpu River and the Bund waterfront area in Shanghai, China, taken from the Broadway Mansions, circa 1937. Photo from album page 115.Inscription on album page: "The Whangpu River and Shangai Bund from Broadway Mansions."Part of…

[Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper)]
Photograph of General Chiang Kai-shek's Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) aircraft (tail number NC-16929) at an airfield in Shanghai, China, March 1937. Photo from album page 131.Inscription on album page: "Gen. Chiang Kai Shek's new Sikorsky…

[Julius A. Barr and Al H. Jensen with Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper)]
Photograph of Julius A. Barr (in overcoat), Al H. Jensen (right, in leather jacket), and a National Revolutionary Army soldier standing next to General Chiang Kai-shek's Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) aircraft (tail number NC-16929) in…

[Servicemen of 24th Statistical Control Unit and representatives of IBM taking inventory]
Photograph of servicemen of the 24th Statistical Control Unit, U.S. Army Air Forces, and representatives of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) taking inventory in an office in Shanghai, China, circa 1940s. Identified individuals are…

[Patrick Tang using abacus while Lieutenant James E. Stewart operates automatic alphabetical tabulator]
Photograph of civilian employee Patrick Tang (seated at desk) using an abacus while Lieutenant James E. Stewart, U.S. Army Air Forces, operates an automatic alphabetical tabulator, Shanghai, China, circa 1940s.Inscription on verso: "Patrick Tang,…

[Corporal John E. Tobolski rescuing Red Cross secretary Valerie Borodin from jeep stuck in mud]
Photograph of Corporal John E. Tobolski, U.S. Army Air Forces, rescuing Red Cross secretary Valerie Borodin from a jeep stuck in the mud, Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Chivalry is not dead among American GIs. Corporal John E.…
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