[Aerial view of damage in Lanzhou, China]

Oblique aerial photograph of Lanzhou, China, showing damage caused by an explosion of a government-owned arsenal, circa September 1935. Photo from album page 38.

Inscription on album page: "Government arsenal blew up at Lanchow. Sept (?) 1935. 'Former’ location of arsenal."

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.