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[Chinese soldier with Boeing Model 247D] (Item)

Photograph of a Field Manager of the National Revolutionary Army, standing next to a Boeing Model 247D in Chongqing, China, circa 1934-1937. Photo from album page 16.Inscription on album page: "Military Field Manager, Chungking [sic]."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…

[Workers with Boeing Model 247D] (Item)

Photograph of a group of Chinese men servicing a Boeing Model 247D in Chongqing, China, circa 1934-1937. One man works on the left engine while others load or unload crates. Photo from album page 16.Inscription on album page: "Servicing Boeing. Chungking [sic]."Part of the Julius A. Barr photograph album containing three hundred and thirty-nine (339) black-and-white photographs, circa 1934-1937.…

[People refueling Boeing Model 247D] (Item)

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…

[Soldiers with Boeing Model 247D] (Item)

Photograph of National Revolutionary Army soldiers looking at a Boeing Model 247D at an airfield in Chongqing, China, circa 1934-1937. Photo from album page 16.Inscription on album page: "Servicing Boeing. Chungking [sic]."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…

[People gathered in field] (Item)

Photograph of a large group of people, including National Revolutionary Army soldiers, gathered in a field in Chongqing, China, circa 1934-1937. Photo from album page 15.Inscription on album page: "Chungking city field."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…

[Serviceman holding up Republic of China flag while crowd celebrates surrender of Japan] (Item)

Photograph of a U.S. Army serviceman holding up a Republic of China flag while a crowd celebrates the surrender of Japan, Chongqing, China, circa 1945.Typed on verso: "Chungking residents fill the streets of the wartime capital of China to express their pleasure on hearing the news of the Japanese surrender offer. This United States Army captain is greeted with shouts of joy from the crowd as he…

[Women's Army Corps (WAC) servicewomen riding in military vehicles during V-J Day parade in Chongqing, China] (Item)

Photograph of Women's Army Corps (WAC) servicewomen riding in military vehicles during a V-J Day parade in Chongqing, China, August 1945.Typed on verso: "WACs assigned to Lt. General George E. Stratemeter's Army Air Force Headquarters for the China Theater ride through the streets of Chungking during the V-J Day Parade. Thousands of residents of China's wartime captial [capital] turned out for the…

[Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek) greeting Staff Sergeant Betty L. Hanson] (Item)

Photograph of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek) greeting Staff Sergeant Betty L. Hanson, Women's Army Corps (WAC), during a gathering at their summer home in Chongqing, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verse: "Hq. Army Air Forces, China Theater -- S/Sgt. Betty L. Hanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hanson, [address in Venice, California], received one of the big thrills of…

[Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek) greeting Technical Sergeant Mary A. Higgins] (Item)

Photograph of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek) greeting Technical Sergeant Mary A. Higgins, Women's Army Corps (WAC), during a gathering at their summer home in Chongqing, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Hq. Army Air Forces, China Theater -- T/Sgt. Mary A. Higgins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Higgins, [address in Brooklyn, New York], received one of the big…

[People and aircraft at airfield, Chongqing, China] (Item)

Photograph of people and aircraft, including a Boeing Model 247D, Sikorsky S-38 Amphibion, and an unidentified Caproni, at an airfield, Chongqing, China, circa April 1935.Inscription: "Caproni, Sikorsky, Boeing. Chungking [Chongqing]. Apr. 1935."Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's personal life and flying career in China, circa 1934-1935.

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