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[Barr family and others outside restaurant]
Photograph of the Barr family and others outside a restaurant in Ting Hsi, Gansu, China, circa 1934-1937. Identified people include Gene Barr and JoAnn Barr (seated on left), Amah (standing behind children), and Effie Hortense Barr (center, standing behind car). Photo from album page 96.Inscription on album page: "Only available quarters at Ting Hsi, Kansu was in this small restaurant."Part of the…
[Barr family and others with vehicles]
Photograph of the Barr family and three other travelers standing next to their vehicles on a dirt road in China, circa 1934-1937. From left to right: Effie Hortense Barr, Gene Barr, Amah, JoAnn Barr, Cadet Chang, and an unidentified man. Photo from album page 95.Inscription on album page: "Hortense, Gene, Amah, JoAnn, Cadet Chang, and coolie.'"Part of the Julius A. Barr photograph album containing…
[Amah with Gene and JoAnn Barr]
Photograph of Amah (standing) with Gene and JoAnn Barr outside a restaurant in Ting Hsi, Gansu, China, circa 1934-1937. Photo from album page 96.Inscription on album page: "Kids waiting for start from Ting Hsi."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…
[Effie Hortense Barr and Liu on road]
Photograph of Effie Hortense Barr (left, wearing sunglasses), Liu (to right of Effie, wearing hat), and others on a road near Pingliang, China, circa 1934-1937. A carved wall (marked with an "X" in black ink), pagoda, and other buildings are visible in the background. Photo from album page 105.Inscription on album page: "Mrs. Barr and Liu on road to Pingliang from airport."Part of the Julius A.…
[Zhang Xueliang and others in rain]
Photograph of Zhang Xueliang (left) and three other people standing in the rain in Luoyang, China, November 1935. The inscription identifies the rest of the group as, from left to right, Miss Chiao, Captain Martini, and a man possibly named Kuan. Photo from album page 122.Inscription on album page: "Marshal, Miss Chiao, Capt. Martini, and Kuan (?) at Loyang. Nov. 1935."Part of the Julius A. Barr…
[Barr family in Nanjing, China]
Photograph of the Barr family in Nanjing, China, January 1937. From left to right: Julius A. Barr, JoAnn Barr (front), Effie Hortense Barr, and Gene Barr (front). Photo from album page 113.Inscription on album page: "Barr family. Julius, Hortense, JoAnn, + Gene. Jan. 1937."Part of the Julius A. Barr photograph album containing three hundred and thirty-nine (339) black-and-white photographs, circa…
[Women's Army Corps (WAC) servicewomen riding in military vehicles during V-J Day parade in Chongqing, China]
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]
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…
[Corporal John E. Tobolski rescuing Red Cross secretary Valerie Borodin from jeep stuck in mud]
Photograph of Corporal John E. Tobolski, U.S. Army Air Forces, rescuing Red Cross secretary Valerie Borodin from a jeep stuck in the mud, Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Chivalry is not dead among American GIs. Corporal John E. Tobolski, U. S. AAF, plows through the mud to rescue Miss Valerie Borodin, 181 Avenue Dubail, from a jeep bogged in a mud-hole at Kiangwan Airfield.…
[Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek) greeting Technical Sergeant Mary A. Higgins]
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…