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Photographic group portrait of servicemen, some dressed in civilian clothes, Texas, circa 1927. Six of the men, including Julius A. Barr (far right), are identified in the verso inscription.Inscription on verso: "Boller, Sterling L.; Todd, Edgar R.;…

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…

Photograph of U.S. Army Air Corps servicemen Cleveland and Sanborn wearing flight gear and holding their parachute bundles, October 27, 1927.Inscription on verso: "Cleveland, Sanborn. 2 ATs crash. Oct. 27, 1927." Stamped on verso: "Finished by H. G.…

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…

Photograph of two servicemen in an Aeromarine NBS-1 aircraft, circa 1926-1927.Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S. Army Air Corps at Brooks Field and Kelly Field, Texas, circa 1926-1927.

Photograph of a servicemen working on a Ford Tri-Motor aircraft (partial wing number NC8[?]) in a hangar at Kelly Field, Texas, December 10, 1927.Inscription on verso: "Ford plane. Royal Air Truck. John A. Collins, pilot. Kelly Field, Tex. Dec. 10,…

Fabric piece from T-10-243, a U.S. Army TC-class blimp, cut into the shape of a blimp, circa 1927. Inscription: "U.S. Army. C-43." Inscription on album page: "Piece of the Army blimp TC-10-243 which was wrecked at Brooks by Major Kraus. May 23,…

Fabric piece from a U.S. Army blimp, circa 1926-1927. Inscription on album page: "Rubber cow." Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S. Army Air Corps at Brooks Field and Kelly Field, Texas, circa…

Fabric piece from the wing of a Consolidated PT-1 aircraft (fuselage #433), wrecked by Julius A. Barr on May 23, 1927. Inscription: "Fabric from wing of #433. Cracked up May 23, 1927 by Julius Barr." Part of a photograph album related to Julius A.…

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. Part of a photograph album related…