Hochow. The 'Persian' sun shades.

Sian. (Compound of ancient Nestorian Church). From inside the gate.

La Tsa Pass. From the top of the pass, 10,700 ft.

Two Moslem girls.

La Tsa Pass. 'Canon Streeter' look[s] upon the Yellow River 3000' down below.

Lanchow, Kansu. The East Gate.

Saint worship. Hochow. This man Ma died over 300 years ago. Praying before the tomb.

Hochow. All that remains of C.I.M. hospital Dr. King and Mr. Harris built. The 'Pa Fang' or south suburb of Hochow is the Moslem quarters: destroyed in 1928; now being rebuilt.

Lanchow, Kansu. Approaching Lanchow from the east.

Hochow. A friendly smile. The 'Pa Fang' or south suburb of Hochow is the Moslem quarters: destroyed in 1928; now being rebuilt.

Lanchow, Kansu. Four of a kind & the Famine Relief car.

Hochow. The largest mosque in the 'Pa Fang.' The worshippers were even in the courtyard. The 'Pa Fang' or south suburb of Hochow is the Moslem quarters: destroyed in 1928; now being rebuilt.

Lanchow, Kansu. The Lanchow Field.

Hochow. The largest mosque in the ""Pa Fang."" The worshippers were even in the courtyard. The ""Pa Fang"" or south suburb of Hochow is the Moslem quarters: destroyed in 1928; now being rebuilt.

Sian. (Eurasia Aviation Corporation). The ""hanger.""

Hochow. The largest mosque in the ""Pa Fang."" Time for evening prayer. The ""Pa Fang"" or south suburb of Hochow is the Moslem quarters: destroyed in 1928; now being rebuilt.

Sian. (Eurasia Aviation Corporation). Sian office.

Hochow. The city wall from the Ba Fang.

Lanchow and beyond. At the C.I.M. Home. [L. to R. Dr. Rees, M. Griebenow, A.L. Keeble, Ureck, Dr. Z., unidentified woman, Mrs. Ureck, Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr., Mrs. Keeble, Mrs. Mann.]

Saint worship. Hochow. One of the better graves.

Lanchow and beyond. A Taoist temple. Note irrigation ditch in foreground.

Lanchow and beyond. L. to R. Dr. Rees, M. Griebenow, A.L. Keeble, Ureck, Dr. Z., [unidentified woman], Mrs. Ureck, C.D. Holton, Mrs. Keeble, Mrs. Mann.

Saint worship. Hochow. This man Ma died over 300 years ago. Inside the kumba.

Saint worship. Hochow. Ch'an Tsi Tsu kumba who died 215 years ago.

Dr. Z. & animal going down to ferry.

Tsapa, Tsinghai. A custom station for the suppression of salt smuggling into Tibet. Approaching the mosque from the north.

The Yellow River at work. Mr. Griebenow in background is 6'4"

Tsinghai. From the top of Ching So P'o or Hung P'u P'o Pass. Grassland.

Tsinghai. Cowboys in Tibet!! 'Go west young man, go west!!'

Entering a small walled village near mouth of Sining River. 5:30 a.m.

Tsinghai. Shantszing in to an inn at Hsia Ko. The next morning we crossed this pass at 11,250 ft.

Tsinghai. A loess wall under construction. Earth is packed to height of 10' and if necessary loess sun dried bricks added for height. Good for many 10s of years.

Lanchow to Shincheng. Our inn and caravan in Shincheng.

Tahochia. A Janazah. 1000 Moslems, 1 coffin.

Lanchow to Shincheng. Griebenow, Dr. Z, Keeble. Our escort the first 80 li.

Tahochia. Ma An Liang's tomb.

Lanchow to Shincheng. Opium harvest. 12 times the revenue of another plant. Scraping the poppie.

Tahochia. A Moslem of Tsingshui.

Lanchow to Shincheng. Opium harvest. 12 times the revenue of another plant. The wide Yellow R. Valley full of this around Lanchow.

Tahochia. Arch in memorial to Ma An Liang.

Lanchow and beyond. Up the Yellow River. Filling an irrigation ditch for passage of Henry I.

Note buckets which carry the water. The spill lub[r]icate[s] the axel [sic].

Tsapa, Tsinghai. A custom station for the suppression of salt smuggling into Tibet. A southern view of mosque minaret. Typical houses with flat roofs in foreground.

Tsapa, Tsinghai. A custom station for the suppression of salt smuggling into Tibet. Approaching the mosque from the north.

Tsapa, Tsinghai. A custom station for the suppression of salt smuggling into Tibet. Door of mosque.

Yellow River Valley again. Loading up. We landed a mile down on the other side. The Salar country across R.

Yellow River Valley again. Our ferry. Moslem boatmen with round hats.

Yellow River Valley again. The hot[t]est ride of all over wasteland between Kantu and the crossing to Shunhwa.

Yellow River Valley again. Typical sedentary Tibetan home with prayer flags flying in the breeze at La Tsa San Ken.

Sining. China's Al Azhar. Modern building 20 years old. Mosque roof and entrance at end of lane after passing through gateway.

Sining. China's Al Azhar. Modern building 20 years old. The minaret. Crescent on top.

Sining. China's Al Azhar. Modern building 20 years old. The gateway. Entrance on main street east suburb.

Sining, the official port to northern Tibet. Outside North Gate. 'Canon Streeter' approaching.

Sining, the official port to northern Tibet. Rear view from public square.

Sining. Th[re]e of the eighty students. A Salar, one from Hochow, the third from Sining.

Sining. A Zwemer tract in Arabic, it[s] author & ready listeners.

Sining. The porch.

Sining. China's Al Azhar. Modern building 20 years old. The prayer hall. Comfortable hold 3000 worshipers [sic].

Sining. Dr. Z. and Ma Wen-liang, a graduate of Tsen Ta Normal School, Peiping.

Tang Wan Ch'uan. From our kang door. The courtyard.