This aircraft is an **Alexander Eaglerock A-4** registration [NC701H][1] built in 1929 by the [Alexander Aircraft Company][2]

There's not much information about this exact aircraft, but the same type features in a great article about *[The First Black Airmen to Fly Across America][3]* .

[![Alexander Eaglerock][5]][5]
[![Eaglerock Advert][6]][6] [source][7]

[![EagleRock A-4][8]][8] 

Eaglerock A-4 ([source][9]) - note the deep sides for the forward cockpit, which you can see in your picture.

[![Eaglerock A-3][10]][10]

Eaglerock A-3 ([source][11]) - although a different engine, this angle helps makes sense of the struts in your picture.


  [1]: http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_N86.html
  [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Aircraft_Company
  [3]: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/banning-allen-transcontinental-flt-180967706/
  [4]: https://i.sstatic.net/7Z84v.jpg
  [5]: https://i.sstatic.net/h1qlD.jpg
  [6]: https://i.sstatic.net/FUi14.jpg
  [7]: https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/vintage-airplane-ads-warning-lots-of-large-images.60100/
  [8]: https://i.sstatic.net/9nQv7.jpg
  [9]: https://dmairfield.org/Collections/Cosgrove%20Collection/Airplanes/index.html
  [10]: https://i.sstatic.net/6kuKk.jpg
  [11]: https://live.staticflickr.com/4054/4589592543_121b9a2af4.jpg