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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 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 a worker stitching an aircraft wing, July 1927. Inscription on album page: "Stitching wings. July 1927. S.A.A.I.D. "Inscription on verso: "July 19[27]."Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S.…

Photograph of workers constructing a wing frame, July 1927. Inscription on album page: "Making a wing. SAAID. July 1927. S.A.A.I.D."Inscription on verso: "July 1927."Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S.…

Photograph of the wrecked cockpit of an unidentified aircraft, June 3, 1927. The inscription notes that Cadet Morris B. Robison Jr. was killed in the crash.Inscription on album page: "Our first casualty. #402. Two views of cockpit of #[402] by…

Photograph of the wrecked cockpit of an unidentified aircraft, June 3, 1927. The inscription notes that Cadet Morris B. Robison Jr. was killed in the crash.Inscription on album page: "Our first casualty. #402. Two views of cockpit of #[402] by…

Photograph of a wrecked Consolidated PT-1 aircraft (fuselage number 433), Texas, May 1927. The inscriptions on the album page note that Julius A. Barr was piloting the aircraft when it crashed.Inscription on album page: "Right wing of #433.…

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…

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. Part of…

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…