[Effie Hortense Barr with JoAnn and Gene]

Photograph of Effie Hortense Barr and her children, JoAnn and Gene, standing outside a building in China, circa 1934-1937. Mrs. Barr holds a Thompson submachine gun. Photo from album page 89.

Inscription on album page: "Mrs. Barr, with JoAnn and Gene, holding the Thompson submachine gun which was carried ready for instant use, on the car trip from Sian to Lanchow."

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.