[People refueling Boeing Model 247D]

Photograph of people refueling a Boeing Model 247D at an airfield in Chongqing, China, circa 1934-1937. The labels on the fuel boxes read: "High quality Socony aviation gasoline." Photo from album page 60.

Inscription on album page: "Chungking, Sze."

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.