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Film footage of scenes in China, circa 1930s. The footage is comprised of short clips filmed during pilot Julius A. Barr's time in China. Specific locations in the footage are unidentified. Scenes include city streets, cargo being unloaded from…

Film footage of scenes in and around Guling, China, circa 1930s. The footage is comprised of short clips filmed during pilot Julius A. Barr's time in China. Scenes include a sign reading "No washing on the road permitted," panning shots of buildings…

Photograph of a Curtiss R4C-1 Condor aircraft parked at an airfield, circa 1930s-1940s. Item from the Lee Embree photograph album, circa 1920s-1970s. Album contains one hundred forty (140) photographs and one (1) clipping and primarily focuses on…

Photograph of Perry Hutton, Julius A. Barr, and Carl Kjus standing near a Ford Tri-Motor aircraft, China, circa 1931. Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's personal life and flying career in the United States and China, circa…

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 a man, likely Nathan C. Browne, looking at the Fokker Universal "Lone Star" aircraft before its first attempt at the Seattle-to-Tokyo flight route, 1932.Stamped on verso: "Made by Rawlings, 40c enlargement free with 50c order of Kodak…

Photograph of a crowd gathered around a Ford Tri-Motor aircraft, Suzhou, China, circa 1932. A few people are in the process of refueling the aircraft.Inscription: "Gassing the Ford in Suwchow. 1932."Part of a photograph album related to Julius A.…

Photograph of people seated in the cabin of a Ford Tri-Motor aircraft, circa June 1932. Inscription on verso: "June 32."Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's personal life and flying career in the United States and China, circa…

Photograph of people standing near the open door of a Ford Tri-Motor aircraft, circa June 1932. The man on the left with his back to the camera is possibly Zhang Xueliang.Inscription on verso: "June 32."Part of a photograph album related to Julius A.…

Photographic group portrait of men and women with a Ford Tri-Motor aircraft, likely in China, circa June 1932. Julius A. Barr is third from the left, standing.Inscription on verso: "June 32."Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's…