Rural Landscapes in Gansu and Qinghai, 1932-1940, Part I
From Carter D. Holton Collection, Harvard-Yenching Library
Micah Muscolino, UC San Diego
The Qubbas of Salars, the grave-yard in Lhamo Mountain, farming field, mountain, terrace, trees, Hualong, Qinghai, 1932.
A Qargan (Tibetan Muslim) woman carries the big basket full of the straw, other Muslims; Muslims do harvest work in the autumn, trees, valley, mountain, Hualong, Qinghai, 1933.
Mountain and terrace, Hualong, Qinghai, 1933.
A farming Tibetan woman carries the wooden bucket of water on her back, the bank of the Yellow River, Guide County, Qinghai, 1933.
The Yellow River, valley, mountain, terrace, Mengda, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1932.
Stream of the Upper reach of the Yellow River, the farming land, the mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1932.
A Qubba on the farming land, the drawn arch sized white line on the wall to drive off the evil, an impact from Tibetan Lama Buddhism, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1932.
Farming land, trees, farmers cut the wheat, houses, mountain, Cao Tan Ba Village, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Four old trees and other trees in the farming land, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
The terrace, field, trees, the houses, mountain, Cao Tan Ba Village, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Farming land, terrace, trees, Qubbas (tombs), mountain, Cao Tan Ba Village, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Terrace, farmers cut wheat on the field, trees, mountain, Cao Tan Ba Village, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Herding sheep in the countryside of the Gansu-Tibetan border area, trees, farming land, near Cao Tan Ba (Dam of Grass Shoal) Village, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, the winter of 1933.
A Salar Qubba on the side of farming land, trees, the earthen wall, mountain, near Cao Tan Ba Village, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
An old tree, terrace, valley, the Yellow River, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Salar women plow the farming land, use oxen, Cao Tan Ba Village, mountain, trees, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1932.
Tibetan man uses yaks to plow the farming land, mountain, Xunhua, Qinghai, 1933.
Tibetan man plows the farming land, yaks, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
A young Tibetan man plows the land with cattle, terrace, hill, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1937.
Muslims plow in the farming land, the early spring, trees, the snow covered mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
The farming land on valley, trees, river, the earthen wall, mountain, Xunhua, Qinghai, 1933.
A Salar couple plows the farming land, the wife leads the horses and the husband holds the plough, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, the Spring of 1933.
A Salar couple plows the farming land, the wife leads the horses and the husband holds the plough, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, the Spring of 1933.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
Farming land, trees, mountain, valley, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
The farming land, trees, village, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Farming land, the Yellow River, stacks of crops, Salar Muslims, trees, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Muslims plow in the farming land, the early spring, trees, the snow covered mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Muslims plow in the farming land, the early spring, trees, the snow covered mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
The Tibetans do harvest work on the farming field, the crops, trees, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
A Salar girl carries the straw on her back, the farming field, trees, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
A Salar girl carries wheat straw on her back, trees, farming land, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Muslims plow in the farming land, the early spring, trees, the snow covered mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Muslims plow in the farming land, the early spring, trees, the snow covered mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
A Tibetan man drives two cattle to stampede the wheat and do thresh work on the harvest field, farming land, trees, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
Salar Muslims were plowing the farming land, in the background there was a mosque with minaret and the prayer-hall, it is identified as Dazhuang Mosque, Xigou, the suburb of Jishi Town, the mountain, trees, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Salar Muslims were plowing the farming land, in the background there was a mosque with minaret and the prayer-hall, it is identified as Dazhuang Mosque, Xigou, the suburb of Jishi Town, the mountain, trees, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Salar Muslims were plowing the farming land, in the background there was a mosque with minaret and the prayer-hall, it is identified as Dazhuang Mosque, Xigou, the suburb of Jishi Town, the mountain, trees, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Two sacred trees in the farming land, trees, mountain, the town wall, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
A yak (one suggests bull), trees, terrace, hill, near Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1934.
The camel caravan with heavy luggage led by Muslim guide, road, trees, mountain, terrace, the river, South Gansu, 1933.
The camel caravan with heavy luggage led by Muslim guide, road, trees, mountain, terrace, the river, South Gansu, 1933.
The farming land, the stacks of barley, mountain, near Hlamo Monastery, Luqu County, Gansu, 1940.
The stacks of the barley straw in the farming land, hills, Wan Kor (Wang Geer Tang), Xiahe County, Gansu, Sept., 1940.
The stacks of the barley straw, farming land, town, houses, hills, Wan Kor (Wang Geer Tang), Xiahe County, Gansu, Sept., 1940.
The stacks of the barley straw in the farming land, hills, Wan Kor (Wang Geer Tang), Xiahe County, Gansu, Sept., 1940.
A village with poles surrounding, valley, river, mountain, terrace, near Labrang Monastery, Xiahe County, Gansu, 1937.
A young farmer plows the farming land with ox and horse, Suo Nan Ba, Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1940.
A young farmer plows the farming land with ox and horse, Suo Nan Ba, Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1940.
Dongxiang Muslims do the farming and plowing the land, trees, ditch, the earthen wall, Tang Wang Chuan, Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1933.
A young farmer plows the farming land with ox and horse, Suo Nan Ba, Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1940.
Herd sheep on the pasture and farming land, trees, mountain, tombs, Suo Nan Ba, Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1940.
Herd sheep on the pasture and farming land, trees, mountain, tombs, Suo Nan Ba, Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1940.
Terrace and a homestead in a valley, mountain, on the way from Xunhua (Shunhua) to Lanzhou (Lanchow), Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1934.
Terrace, farmland, mountain, South Gansu, the Gansu-Tibetan border, 1939.
Terrace, farmland, mountain, South Gansu, the Gansu-Tibetan border, 1939.
The river, bridge, town, houses, the wall, terrace, hill, the Gansu-Sichuan border region, Gansu, 1940?
The river, trees, terrace, farming land, Taochow (Lintan) Gansu, 1933.
Farming land, carts, mountain, the area near Taochow (Lintan), Gansu, 1934.
The Tao River, farming land, mountain, valley, on the way from Taozhou (Lintan) to Minzhou (Minchow), Gansu, 1940.
Terraces, farming land, mountain, near Hezhou (Hochow, Linxia), Gansu, 1940.
The earthen wall, farming land, Muslims use the plough to plow the land, houses, the city wall, Hezhou (Hochow), Gansu, 1940?
Straw stacks, mountain, terrace, farming land, Nanyang Po (slope), near Hezhou, Gansu, 1934.
The farming land and the straw stacks, mustard and rape in the suburb of Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1933.
The farming land in the valley with the background of a hill, on its top the Taoism tower. Linxia (Hezhou), Gansu, 1933.
Tombs on the farming land, the mosque, the minaret, the city wall, Muslims pray in front of the tombs, mountain, Hezhou (Hochow, Linxia), Gansu, 1934.
The suburb of Hezhou, terrace, farming land, trees, mountain, Hezhou (Hochow), Gansu, 1937.
Sheep, the river, farming land, valley, mountain, the suburb of Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1939.
The heaps of manure in the farming field, trees, hills, near Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1940.
The river, women wash the clothes, mill, town, terrace, hill, tree, Gansu, 1940?
The market, people, trade, the Persian umbrella, trees, the farming land, terrace, mountain, Hezhou (Hochow, Linxia), Gansu, 1940.
The terrace, farming land, snow, Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1940.
The terrace, farming land, snow, Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1940.
A horse bound by a tree, snow covered terrace, Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1940.
A village, terrace, farming land, trees, snow, Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1940.
Push the truck fallen in a quagmire out of the mud road, missionaries, men, terrace, outside of Hezhou (Hochow), Gansu, 1941.
The truck falling into a quagmire in the mud road, unload the luggage, the Christian missionaries, men, terrace, outside of Hezhou (Hochow, Linxia), Gansu, 1941.
The truck falling into a quagmire in the mud road, unload the luggage, the Christian missionaries, men, terrace, outside of Hezhou (Hochow, Linxia), Gansu, 1941.
Donkey turns the stone mill to grand the wheat flour, man, sieve, carpet, tree, terrace, on the way from Da He Jia to Hezhou (Hochow), Ji Shi Shan County,Gansu, 1941.
Farming land on the terrace, mountain, valley, near Lintao (Titao), Gansu, 1932.
A two-story building with traditional Chinese architectural style, wealthy family, trees, the river, terrace, journey from Hezhou (Hochow) to Taozhou (Lintan) and Hezuo (Hehtso), Gansu, February-March 1938.
A bird view of Hezuo (Hehtso) town and its suburb, mountain, terrace, Gansu, 1940?
A Tibetan woman carrying her baby on the back works on the farming field, journey from Hezhou (Hochow) to Hezuo (Hehtso), Gansu, September 1940.
A Tibetan woman carrying her baby on the back works on the farming field, journey from Hezhou (Hochow) to Hezuo (Hehtso), Gansu, September 1940.
A Tibetan woman carrying her baby on the back works on the farming field, journey from Hezhou (Hochow) to Hezuo (Hehtso), Gansu, September 1940.
A Tibetan woman carrying her baby on the back works on the farming field, journey from Hezhou (Hochow) to Hezuo (Hehtso), Gansu, September 1940.
A Tibetan woman carrying her baby on the back works on the farming field, journey from Hezhou (Hochow) to Hezuo (Hehtso), Gansu, September 1940.
A Tibetan woman carrying her baby on the back works on the farming field, journey from Hezhou (Hochow) to Hezuo (Hehtso), Gansu, September 1940.
Terrace, farming land, tree, snow, a man with the winter clothes, near Lanzhou (Lanchow), Gansu, 1941
A Muslim guide leads a horse, tree, terrace, farming land, mountain, the suburb of Lanzhou (Lanchow) City, Gansu, 1941.
A small prayer-hall in a village mosque on hill, it is identified as a mosque at San Tai Ge on Beita Shan (Northern Tower Hill), the Muslim in long robe maybe Akhund Wei, the father Wei Hongfa who nearly 90 years old, the terrace, farming land, the mountain.
The Qubbas of Salars, the grave-yard in Lhamo Mountain, farming field, mountain, terrace, trees, Hualong, Qinghai, 1932.
A Qargan (Tibetan Muslim) woman carries the big basket full of the straw, other Muslims; Muslims do harvest work in the autumn, trees, valley, mountain, Hualong, Qinghai, 1933.
Mountain and terrace, Hualong, Qinghai, 1933.
A farming Tibetan woman carries the wooden bucket of water on her back, the bank of the Yellow River, Guide County, Qinghai, 1933.
The Yellow River, valley, mountain, terrace, Mengda, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1932.
Stream of the Upper reach of the Yellow River, the farming land, the mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1932.
A Qubba on the farming land, the drawn arch sized white line on the wall to drive off the evil, an impact from Tibetan Lama Buddhism, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1932.
Farming land, trees, farmers cut the wheat, houses, mountain, Cao Tan Ba Village, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Four old trees and other trees in the farming land, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
The terrace, field, trees, the houses, mountain, Cao Tan Ba Village, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Farming land, terrace, trees, Qubbas (tombs), mountain, Cao Tan Ba Village, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Terrace, farmers cut wheat on the field, trees, mountain, Cao Tan Ba Village, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Herding sheep in the countryside of the Gansu-Tibetan border area, trees, farming land, near Cao Tan Ba (Dam of Grass Shoal) Village, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, the winter of 1933.
A Salar Qubba on the side of farming land, trees, the earthen wall, mountain, near Cao Tan Ba Village, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
An old tree, terrace, valley, the Yellow River, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Salar women plow the farming land, use oxen, Cao Tan Ba Village, mountain, trees, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1932.
Tibetan man uses yaks to plow the farming land, mountain, Xunhua, Qinghai, 1933.
Tibetan man plows the farming land, yaks, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
A young Tibetan man plows the land with cattle, terrace, hill, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1937.
Muslims plow in the farming land, the early spring, trees, the snow covered mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
The farming land on valley, trees, river, the earthen wall, mountain, Xunhua, Qinghai, 1933.
A Salar couple plows the farming land, the wife leads the horses and the husband holds the plough, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, the Spring of 1933.
A Salar couple plows the farming land, the wife leads the horses and the husband holds the plough, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, the Spring of 1933.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
Farming land, trees, mountain, valley, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
The farming land, trees, village, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Farming land, the Yellow River, stacks of crops, Salar Muslims, trees, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Muslims plow in the farming land, the early spring, trees, the snow covered mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Muslims plow in the farming land, the early spring, trees, the snow covered mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
The Tibetans do harvest work on the farming field, the crops, trees, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
A Salar girl carries the straw on her back, the farming field, trees, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
A Salar girl carries wheat straw on her back, trees, farming land, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Muslims plow in the farming land, the early spring, trees, the snow covered mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Muslims plow in the farming land, the early spring, trees, the snow covered mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
A Tibetan man drives two cattle to stampede the wheat and do thresh work on the harvest field, farming land, trees, mountain, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
A couple of Salar Muslims plow the farming land, usually wife sows the seeds and husband holds the plough plowing the land in the spring season, cattle, trees, town wall, Qubbas (tombs) including Yazi Qubba, the background was Cao Tan Ba Mosque.
Salar Muslims were plowing the farming land, in the background there was a mosque with minaret and the prayer-hall, it is identified as Dazhuang Mosque, Xigou, the suburb of Jishi Town, the mountain, trees, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Salar Muslims were plowing the farming land, in the background there was a mosque with minaret and the prayer-hall, it is identified as Dazhuang Mosque, Xigou, the suburb of Jishi Town, the mountain, trees, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Salar Muslims were plowing the farming land, in the background there was a mosque with minaret and the prayer-hall, it is identified as Dazhuang Mosque, Xigou, the suburb of Jishi Town, the mountain, trees, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
Two sacred trees in the farming land, trees, mountain, the town wall, Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1933.
A yak (one suggests bull), trees, terrace, hill, near Xunhua (Shunhua), Qinghai, 1934.
The camel caravan with heavy luggage led by Muslim guide, road, trees, mountain, terrace, the river, South Gansu, 1933.
The camel caravan with heavy luggage led by Muslim guide, road, trees, mountain, terrace, the river, South Gansu, 1933.
The farming land, the stacks of barley, mountain, near Hlamo Monastery, Luqu County, Gansu, 1940.
The stacks of the barley straw in the farming land, hills, Wan Kor (Wang Geer Tang), Xiahe County, Gansu, Sept., 1940.
The stacks of the barley straw, farming land, town, houses, hills, Wan Kor (Wang Geer Tang), Xiahe County, Gansu, Sept., 1940.
The stacks of the barley straw in the farming land, hills, Wan Kor (Wang Geer Tang), Xiahe County, Gansu, Sept., 1940.
A village with poles surrounding, valley, river, mountain, terrace, near Labrang Monastery, Xiahe County, Gansu, 1937.
A young farmer plows the farming land with ox and horse, Suo Nan Ba, Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1940.
A young farmer plows the farming land with ox and horse, Suo Nan Ba, Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1940.
Dongxiang Muslims do the farming and plowing the land, trees, ditch, the earthen wall, Tang Wang Chuan, Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1933.
A young farmer plows the farming land with ox and horse, Suo Nan Ba, Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1940.
Herd sheep on the pasture and farming land, trees, mountain, tombs, Suo Nan Ba, Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1940.
Herd sheep on the pasture and farming land, trees, mountain, tombs, Suo Nan Ba, Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1940.
Terrace and a homestead in a valley, mountain, on the way from Xunhua (Shunhua) to Lanzhou (Lanchow), Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1934.
Terrace, farmland, mountain, South Gansu, the Gansu-Tibetan border, 1939.
Terrace, farmland, mountain, South Gansu, the Gansu-Tibetan border, 1939.
The river, bridge, town, houses, the wall, terrace, hill, the Gansu-Sichuan border region, Gansu, 1940?
The river, trees, terrace, farming land, Taochow (Lintan) Gansu, 1933.
Farming land, carts, mountain, the area near Taochow (Lintan), Gansu, 1934.
The Tao River, farming land, mountain, valley, on the way from Taozhou (Lintan) to Minzhou (Minchow), Gansu, 1940.
Terraces, farming land, mountain, near Hezhou (Hochow, Linxia), Gansu, 1940.
The earthen wall, farming land, Muslims use the plough to plow the land, houses, the city wall, Hezhou (Hochow), Gansu, 1940?
Straw stacks, mountain, terrace, farming land, Nanyang Po (slope), near Hezhou, Gansu, 1934.
The farming land and the straw stacks, mustard and rape in the suburb of Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1933.
The farming land in the valley with the background of a hill, on its top the Taoism tower. Linxia (Hezhou), Gansu, 1933.
Tombs on the farming land, the mosque, the minaret, the city wall, Muslims pray in front of the tombs, mountain, Hezhou (Hochow, Linxia), Gansu, 1934.
The suburb of Hezhou, terrace, farming land, trees, mountain, Hezhou (Hochow), Gansu, 1937.
Sheep, the river, farming land, valley, mountain, the suburb of Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1939.
The heaps of manure in the farming field, trees, hills, near Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1940.
The river, women wash the clothes, mill, town, terrace, hill, tree, Gansu, 1940?
The market, people, trade, the Persian umbrella, trees, the farming land, terrace, mountain, Hezhou (Hochow, Linxia), Gansu, 1940.
The terrace, farming land, snow, Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1940.
The terrace, farming land, snow, Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1940.
A horse bound by a tree, snow covered terrace, Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1940.
A village, terrace, farming land, trees, snow, Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1940.
Push the truck fallen in a quagmire out of the mud road, missionaries, men, terrace, outside of Hezhou (Hochow), Gansu, 1941.
The truck falling into a quagmire in the mud road, unload the luggage, the Christian missionaries, men, terrace, outside of Hezhou (Hochow, Linxia), Gansu, 1941.
The truck falling into a quagmire in the mud road, unload the luggage, the Christian missionaries, men, terrace, outside of Hezhou (Hochow, Linxia), Gansu, 1941.
Donkey turns the stone mill to grand the wheat flour, man, sieve, carpet, tree, terrace, on the way from Da He Jia to Hezhou (Hochow), Ji Shi Shan County,Gansu, 1941.
Farming land on the terrace, mountain, valley, near Lintao (Titao), Gansu, 1932.
A two-story building with traditional Chinese architectural style, wealthy family, trees, the river, terrace, journey from Hezhou (Hochow) to Taozhou (Lintan) and Hezuo (Hehtso), Gansu, February-March 1938.
A bird view of Hezuo (Hehtso) town and its suburb, mountain, terrace, Gansu, 1940?
A Tibetan woman carrying her baby on the back works on the farming field, journey from Hezhou (Hochow) to Hezuo (Hehtso), Gansu, September 1940.
A Tibetan woman carrying her baby on the back works on the farming field, journey from Hezhou (Hochow) to Hezuo (Hehtso), Gansu, September 1940.
A Tibetan woman carrying her baby on the back works on the farming field, journey from Hezhou (Hochow) to Hezuo (Hehtso), Gansu, September 1940.
A Tibetan woman carrying her baby on the back works on the farming field, journey from Hezhou (Hochow) to Hezuo (Hehtso), Gansu, September 1940.
A Tibetan woman carrying her baby on the back works on the farming field, journey from Hezhou (Hochow) to Hezuo (Hehtso), Gansu, September 1940.
A Tibetan woman carrying her baby on the back works on the farming field, journey from Hezhou (Hochow) to Hezuo (Hehtso), Gansu, September 1940.
Terrace, farming land, tree, snow, a man with the winter clothes, near Lanzhou (Lanchow), Gansu, 1941
A Muslim guide leads a horse, tree, terrace, farming land, mountain, the suburb of Lanzhou (Lanchow) City, Gansu, 1941.
A small prayer-hall in a village mosque on hill, it is identified as a mosque at San Tai Ge on Beita Shan (Northern Tower Hill), the Muslim in long robe maybe Akhund Wei, the father Wei Hongfa who nearly 90 years old, the terrace, farming land, the mountain.