[Boeing Model 247D and Ford 5-AT Tri-Motors]

Photograph of a Boeing Model 247D and Ford 5-AT Tri-Motors parked in a field, likely in China, May 1937. Both aircraft were previously owned by Zhang Xueliang. Photo from album page 12.

Inscription on album page: "The Boeing 247-D now joins the ranks of the Ford Trimotors; also formerly owned by Marshal Chang Hsuch-Liang. May 1937"

Part of the Julius A. Barr photograph album containing three hundred and thirty-nine (339) black-and-white photographs, circa 1934-1937. The photos cover Barr's time in China as a personal pilot for both Zhang Xueliang (also known as the "Young Marshal" and "Peter Chang") and General Chiang Kai-shek.