Recently acquired at an antique store without any information.
Full size photo is at my Flickr site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/photolibrarian/13429182134/
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3This might be on-topic at Aviation Stack Exchange as well.– called2voyageCommented Mar 26, 2014 at 16:38
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2Post the photo in the post, not a link. Also, this is off topic.– Tyler DurdenCommented Apr 5, 2014 at 21:44
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It appears to be a Douglas BT-2B. Here is an example for comparison:
The BT-2B was the first production model of the trainer version of the Douglas O-2.
The specific plane in your picture is USAAC serial number 31-35. You can see the "35" printed on the tail.
Here is what Joe Baugher's USAF Aircraft Serial Number list has to say about this plane:
35 w/o at Bolling Field, DC Feb 28, 1934
This means that the plane was written off (as unrepairable) at Bolling Field in Washington D.C. on February 28, 1934.
It's possible, as pointed out in the comments, that the serial number is actually 31-85, as the tail number is a little blurry. That airframe was written off at Randolph Field, TX on 9/15/1932. Source
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2Nice ID. The tail number looks more like 85 to me though. That airframe was written off at Randolph Field, TX on 9/15/1932. aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=105653. Commented Mar 27, 2014 at 0:43
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1More information at Aviation.SE - I may revise this answer later. Commented May 2, 2016 at 20:03