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This $75,000 organ is in a music room at Death Valley Scotty's castle, California on Nov. 8, 1937. The young woman is Linda Nelson, daughter of Scotty...

The balconied living room of Death Valley Scotty's castle, California, is 38 feet high shown on Nov. 8, 1937. The hand woven, imported rugs are an inc...

Home of Walter Scott at Scotty's castle in Death Valley, California on Nov. 8, 1937. There are numerous tunnels beneath it and there are unconfirmed r...

Linda Nelson, daughter of Walter Scott's old time associate in Buffalo Bills show, shown in corner of a room in Death Valley Scotty's castle in Death...

The desert's man Walter Scott of mystery shown, with these grim reminders of how Death Valley got its name, leaning against a rock bearing Native Amer...

The ornate music room of Death Valley Scotty's castle in Death Valley, California on Nov. 8, 1937. For his carved woodwork, Scotty brought artisans fr...

Walter Scott at the master control board in Death Valley Scotty's castle, California on Nov. 8, 1937. Elaborate electrical equipment has been installe...

A white porcelain bathtub forms a watering trough at Scotty's Castle in Death Valley, California on Nov. 8, 1937. One of hand-carved marble would bett...

The ornate music room of Death Valley Scotty's castle, California on Nov. 8, 1937. For his carved woodwork, Scotty brought artisans from Italy and pai...

Walter Scott with his fuel supply - 175,000 ties from a desert railroad that he bought and tore up shown in Death Valley, California on Nov. 8, 1937....

Alf M. Landon, 1936 republican presidential nominee, in his Topeka, Kansas office on Oct. 20, 1937 just before he addressed himself to a "radio meetin...

Alf M. Landon, left, greeting Walter A. Huxman, a Democrat, as the latter succeeded him as governor of Kansas at inauguration ceremonies in Topeka, Ka...

This frontier Asian town lies in the lee of China's historic Great Wall on the southern border of that portion of Chahar and Suiyuan provinces that is...

Gov. Landon addresses a crowd in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 22, 1936. (AP Photo)

Crowds jammed old Murray Hill in the Grand Central terminal zone of midtown Manhattan, New York, Oct. 28, 1936 to greet Gov. Alf M. Landon as he drove...

Alf M. Landon, (center, on speaker's stand) acknowledges cheers of the crowd assembled to hear his address in Duquesne Garden in Pittsburgh on Oct. 28...

Gov. Alf M. Landon, Republican presidential choice, is seen waving a greeting to cheering throngs in the Los Angeles Coliseum prior to a major campaig...

This is part of the huge throng which gathered around the "Sunflower Special" of Gov. Alf M. Landon as it arrived in Pasadena, Calif., Oct. 21, 1936....

The Japanese army is silently establishing a line of frontier defenses in Inner Mongolia to command the border facing the soviet controlled Outer Mong...

A large section of the throng estimated by a deputy sheriff at 75,000 persons, listens to Gov. Alf Landon's plead for a "return to our constitution" i...

Gov. Alf M. Landon is welcomed by a huge crowd as the GOP candidate's special train passed through , Kendallville, Indiana, Oct. 16, 1936. The governo...

The Republican presidential candidate, Gov. Alf M. Landon, waves cheerfully to the crowd as he entered an automobile to lead a parade in Toledo, Ohio,...

Gov. Alf M. Landon used both hands to shake those of Mount Vernon citizens who pressed around the rear platform of his special train during a stop in...

Governor Alf M. Landon begins his speech before a stadium crowd jammed to capacity in Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 10, 1936. He promised to balance the fed...

Sturdy daughters of Mongolia with pagoda like hats, trimmed with fur, which is national head-dress in Mongolia on Oct. 5, 1936. (AP Photo/Mills)

In Inner Mongolia, where automobiles and trains are unknown, even the women and children must ride horseback. Through long years of practice they beco...

Women and children cross the desert of Inner Mongolia in an ox-cart on Sept. 30, 1936. Automobiles and carriages are virtually unknown in this part of...

Women and children cross the desert of Inner Mongolia in an ox-cart on Sept. 30, 1936. Automobiles and carriages are virtually unknown in this part of...

Here are unique examples of the elaborate and quaint headdresses worn by the women of Mongolia on Sept. 30, 1936. Denoting the wealth and position of...

Under the glare of floodlights, Governor Alf M. Landon, Republican presidential nominee, addressed an Iowa crowd at the state fairgrounds in Des Moine...

Perched on the rear seat of an open auto, Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas, Republican presidential nominee, waves to his enthusiastic admirers upon h...

Street scene in Kalgan on Sept. 22, 1936. (AP Photo/Mills)

Ancient gateway to Kalgan, where the great camel caravan route to Inner and Outer Mongolia begins. The Japanese are now very active in Kalgan shown Se...

Quaint mountain monastery overlooking city of Kalgan, China on Sept. 22, 1936. (AP Photo/Mills)

View of ancient city of Kalgan on Sept. 22, 1936, where the great caravan route for Inner and Outer Mongolia begins, and where the Japanese army is no...

Crowds gathered from miles around at every little Indiana station to catch a glimpse of Gov. Alf M. Landon as he passed en route to Portland, Me., whe...

Gov. Alf Landon, Republican presidential candidate, en route during his campaign from West Middlesex, Pa., to Sterling, Colo., Aug. 23, 1936. Location...

Gov. Alf Landon, Republican presidential candidate, en route during his campaign from West Middlesex, Pa., to Sterling, Colo., Aug. 23, 1936. Location...

Supporters of Gov. Alf Landon, Republican presidential candidate, pose with the governor, Aug. 1936 during his travels westward to Colorado. (AP Photo...

Gov. Alf Landon, Republican presidential candidate, en route during his campaign from West Middlesex, Pa., to Sterling, Colo., Aug. 23, 1936. Locatio...

Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas, Republican nominee for president, returned to his birthplace, West Middlesex, Aug. 22, 1936, and made it the scene o...

The palace and fortress of General Fu Tso Yui, governor of Sudyuan province, one of the "trouble spots" in Inner Mongolia, shown July 28, 1936. (AP Ph...

A section of the long and colorful parade which wound through Topeka, Kansas, July 24, 1936 in celebration of notification services for Gov. Alf M. La...

Palace and monastery of Prince Yun Wang, an influential nobleman of Inner Mongolia. Located 35 miles from Paliangmiao, capitol of Inner Mongolia, Chin...

View of Paliangmao, the monastic capital of Inner Mongolia, China on July 23, 1936, which is ruled by Prince Teh Wang under Japanese influence. Govern...

Gathering and transporting of dung in Inner Mongolia on July 23, 1936. (AP Photo)

A Mongolian herdsmen and his wife on their shaggy ponies pause on the desert for a picture in Inner Mongolia, China on July 23, 1936. Men and women in...

This Mongol boy is carrying a quantity of felt sheets to market in Inner Mongolia, China on July 23, 1936 which will be used for the making of yurts o...

Miss Mongolia takes to auto-driving in Inner Mongolia on July 23, 1936. Daughter of a Mongolian Prince who is an officer in the army of Prince The Wan...

"Argo," or cow-dung, may be said literally to form the staff of life to the simple natives of Mongolia. It not only furnishes them fuel for heat and c...