[Boeing Model 247D]

Photograph of men working on a Boeing Model 247D at Nan Hu Field in Wuchang, China, circa 1934. A temporary wood-and-wire enclosure has been placed around the airplane. Photo from album page 69.

Inscription on album page: "Temporary enclosure – Nan Hu. Fall 1934"

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.