[Aerial view of Kan Suan, China]

Oblique aerial photograph of Kan Suan, China during a siege, circa December 1935. An arrow on the right marks an area for supply drops. Photo from album page 119.

Inscription on album page: "Three views of the besieged city of Kan Suan, on the Lo Ho. A battalion of soldiers were sustained 3 mo. by Boeing plane. Note characters telling where to drop supplies. Dec. 1935."

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.