Photograph of servicemen relaxing near stacked rifles, Brooks Field, Texas, July 1927. Several of the men are identified by last name in the inscription.
Inscription: "Abbott, H[illegible], Robbie, Boyd, Sanborn, P[illegible],…
Photograph of a water tower and other buildings at Brooks Field, Texas, July 20, 1927. Inscription on album page: "Watertower."Inscription on verso: "Color filter - 25-1. Watertower. Brooks. July 20, 1927."Part of a photograph album related to Julius…
Photograph of a Cadet detachment building, Brooks Field, Texas, July 21, 1927. Inscription on album page: "Cadet detachment. Brooks, July 1927."Inscription on verso: "Dif. 50-1. July 21, 192[7]."Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's…
Photograph of a water tower at Brooks Field, Texas, July 1927. Inscription on album page: "Water tower, Brooks."Inscription on verso: "July 1927. Sky filter."Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S. Army…
Photograph of servicemen trapshooting, Brooks Field, Texas, circa 1926-1927.
Inscription on verso: "Traps at Brooks Field. Reeder in foreground."
Stamped on verso: "Finished by H. G. Rees Opt. Co. 407 E Houston St. San Antonio, Tex."
Part of a…
Postcard announcing Julius A. Barr's graduation from flight training at Brooks Field, Texas, August 1927. The postcard features an illustration of an aircraft, a photograph of Barr, and Barr's signature. The verso inscription, written by Barr, gives…
Booklet titled "The Men Who Made Brooks Field," published by the Maverick-Clarke Litho Company (San Antonia, Texas), circa 1918. The title page describes the booklet as "a pictorial history of America's Foremost Air Service United States Army Flying…
Postcard announcing the graduation of the August 1927 class from Brooks Field, Texas and their subsequent assignment to the Kelly Field Flying Cadet Detachment. Includes an illustration of a biplane and a photographic portrait of Julius A.…
Newspaper clipping, "Kansas Cityan tells of fall in airplane," from an unidentified newspaper, circa 1918-1919. Gives Lieutenant Jules Verne Hyde's first-hand account of an airplane crash at Brooks Field that resulted in the death of one of his…