Photograph of Private Julius A. Barr, U.S. Army Air Corps, standing outside a building, Brooks Field, Texas, October 1926.Inscription on album page: "San Antonio. The recruit. 6768817. Pvt. Barr. Oct. 1926."Inscription on verso: "Oct. 1926."Part of a…
Photograph of serviceman Julius A. Barr at Brooks Field, Texas, circa 1926-1927.
Inscription on album page: "47th School Squad. 'Mechanic.' Hangar #5."
Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S. Army Air…
Photograph of people filming a scene for the 1927 film "Wings," Brooks Field, Texas, 1926. Several orientators (early flight simulators) are visible on the right.
Inscription on album page: "Filming 'Wings.' at Brooks. Fall of 1926.…
Photograph of serviceman Julius A. Barr at Brooks Field, Texas, circa 1926-1927.
Stamped on verso: "This is a Genuine Border Fox Tone Picture. Made by Fox Co., San Antonio, Texas. Copyrighted 1927 by Carl D. Newton."
Part of a photograph album…
Newspaper clipping, "Baltimorean, 21, dies in Texas plane crash," from an unidentified newspaper, circa June 1927. Reports on the death of Cadet Morris B. Robinson Jr. in an aircraft accident at Brooks Field, Texas.
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Newspaper clipping, "Flier misses hurts in fall," from an unidentified newspaper, circa 1927. Reports on Cadet Julius A. Barr's wreck in a training plane at Brooks Field, Texas.
Inscription on album page: "Nuf' said."
Part of a photograph album…
Newspaper clipping, "Brooks sergeant lands on hangar from parachute," from an unidentified newspaper, circa 1926-1927. Reports on Staff Sergeant Wilbur Lage's accidental landing on a hangar roof during a parachute jump at Brooks Field, Texas.
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