First excavations

Photograph of Julius A. Barr (left) and unidentified men making the first excavations for an airport extension near Pingliang, China, circa October 1936. Photo from album page 108.

Inscription on album page: "First excavations."

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.