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Cole, Yu, Barr [with Boeing Model 247D] (Item)
Cole, Yu, Barr [with Boeing Model 247D]
Photograph of (from left to right) Frank H. Cole, Yu, and Julius A. Barr standing next to a Boeing Model 247D aircraft, Kaifeng, China, circa October 1935. Photo from album page 31. Inscription on album page: "Cole, Yu, Barr." 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…
[Julius A. Barr with Boeing Model 247D] (Item)
[Julius A. Barr with Boeing Model 247D]
Photograph of Julius A. Barr pointing out bullet holes in the fuselage of a Boeing Model 247D, July 13, 1935. Two bullet holes are circled in black ink. Photo from album page 9.Inscription on album page: "The first bullet holes gotten while dropping 1600 pounds of rice at Lung Shan, Hupeh. July 13, 1935."Part of the Julius A. Barr photograph album containing three hundred and thirty-nine (339)…
[Julius A. Barr and others with Boeing Model 247D] (Item)
[Julius A. Barr and others with Boeing Model 247D]
Photograph of Julius A. Barr (second from right) and six unidentified men standing in front of a Boeing Model 247D in Suide, China, circa 1934-1937. Photo from album page 48.Inscription on album page: "Crew at Sui Teh Airport."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…
[Julius A. Barr and others with Boeing Model 247D] (Item)
[Julius A. Barr and others with Boeing Model 247D]
Photograph of a group of people, including Julius A. Barr (fourth from right), standing near the tail of a Boeing Model 247D, likely in or near Hankou, China, circa July 1935. Photo from album page 74.Inscription on album page: "Flood inspection flight."Part of the Julius A. Barr photograph album containing three hundred and thirty-nine (339) black-and-white photographs, circa 1934-1937. The…
[Dorothy Hester and Robert D. Hofer with Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A] (Item)
[Dorothy Hester and Robert D. Hofer with Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A]
Photograph of Dorothy Hester (in cockpit) and Robert D. Hofer (standing) with Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (tail number NC 315Y), Cleveland, Ohio, May 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Robert Hofer and Dorothy came to Cleveland (May 1931) and took home two of these Great Lakes Trainers. This particular ship was later christened the Rose of Portland."Part of a scrapbook related to…
[Dorothy Hester and Tex Rankin with Great Lakes Model 2T-1A] (Item)
[Dorothy Hester and Tex Rankin with Great Lakes Model 2T-1A]
Photograph of Dorothy Hester and Tex Rankin standing in front of a Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft, Cleveland, Ohio, April 1931. Caption on adjacent album page: "Dorothy and Tex in Cleveland (April 1931) to demonstrate to the Air Race Officials what a real stunt flyer could do." Part of a scrapbook related to Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel's participation in the 1931 National Air Races in Cleveland,…
[Curtiss Fledgling (Model 51) flying low over field] (Item)
[Curtiss Fledgling (Model 51) flying low over field]
Photograph of a Curtiss Fledgling (Model 51) aircraft, piloted by Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley, flying low over the field at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Hopping, skipping and jumping around the field he went. But like all playful boys he found much delight in dipping his wings into the mud puddles and splashing about in a ripping old way." …
[Orville Wright and Philip O. Parmalee with Wright Model B] (Item)
[Orville Wright and Philip O. Parmalee with Wright Model B]
Photograph of Orville Wright (left) and pilot Philip O. Parmalee (right) with a Wright (Co) Model B aircraft at Simms Station, Ohio, November 7, 1910. The men are preparing for Parmalee's flight to transport bolts of silk (visible next to Parmalee) from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio. This is credited as the first commercial transport flight.Item from the William Preston Mayfield Wright Brothers…
[Barr family and others standing in front of Boeing Model 247D aircraft, Nan Hu Field, Wuchang, China] (Item)
[Barr family and others standing in front of Boeing Model 247D aircraft, Nan Hu Field, Wuchang, China]
Photographic group portrait of the Barr family and others standing in front of a Boeing Model 247D aircraft, Nan Hu Field, Wuchang, China, circa September 1935. From left to right: Katherine. Litchfield, JoAnn Barr, Amah, [Eillein?] Cokely, Kay Cole, Effie Hortense Barr, Gene Barr, and Julius A. Barr.Inscription: "Katherine Litchfield, Jo Ann, Amah, [Eillein?]Cokely, Kay Cole, Hortense, Gene,…
[William S. Luckey in Curtiss Model D Headless aircraft] (Item)
[William S. Luckey in Curtiss Model D Headless aircraft]
Photograph of William S. Luckey in a Curtiss Model D Headless aircraft, circa 1913. The typed caption on the verso notes that Luckey won an air race around Manhattan that was held to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Wright brothers' flight at Kitty Hawk.Caption on verso: "Winner of 'Round Manhattan Race. / William S. Luckey, who won the race from Oakwood, S. I., around Manhattan Island,…