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Ornate entrance to the palace and temple of Prince Yun Wang, one-time powerful potentate of Inner Mongolia, near Paliangmao, capital of Inner Mongolia...

One of the many railroad stations along the Peiping-Suiyuan Railroad into Inner Mongolia on July 23, 1936, which Japan is now trying to control. This...

These graceful stupas, pennants and shrines form a part of the picturesque Buddhist city of Paliangmao, capital of Inner Mongolia on July 23, 1936, wh...

Lama temples, monasteries and shrines at Paliangmao, capital of Inner Mongolia, and headquarters of Prince The Wang, Mongolian ruler, who has been sup...

Palace of Prince Yun Wang, powerful political figure of Inner Mongolia, 35 miles from Paliangmao, capital of Inner Mongolia shown July 23, 1936, which...

Elaborate entrance to famous Buddhist temples and monasteries at Paliangmao, capital of Inner Mongolia and headquarters of Prince Teh Wang, who appear...

Palace of Prince Yun Wang, important figure of Inner Mongolia, 35 miles from Paliangmao, capital of Inner Mongolia shown July 23, 1936. Japan is fast...

Part of the Palace and monastery of Prince Yun Wang, once a powerful potentate in Inner Mongolia shown July 23, 1936, which is now being exploited in...

Mud-ridden roads of Inner Mongolia stall an Associated Press automobile near Paliagmao, capital of Inner Mongolia, July 18, 1936. (AP Photo)

The monastery city of Pailingmiao, capital of Inner Mongolia, China on July 3, 1936, where Japan has sent a military mission and political advisers to...

Mongol family at meal time on the plains of Inner Mongolia, near Paliangmia the Capital in July 1936. Simple cereals, camel's milk and goat's butter f...

A Mongolian family "At Home" in Inner Mongolia on June 30, 1936. The children are sturdy and strong, subsisting on goat's chese, camel's milk and ranc...

They live in a wretched hovel made of goats-skin and rags, on the Mongolian desert, but apparently are supremely happy it we may judge by their broad...

The tribesmen are crack shots with the old bow-and-arrow in Inner Mongolia, China on June 30, 1936 which has been in use for thousands of years. Not o...

Member of an Asiatic race that is fast dying out. This is a Mongolian shepherd, who leads a nomadic existence on the plains of Inner Mongolia on June...

This group of yurts is Apako-Peitzufu, Eastern Chahar, headquarters of a Mongol banner, March 11, 1936. This region is falling under the domination of...

This dreary-looking town is Peitzufu, an important center of northeastern Chahar Province in Inner Mongolia, March 7, 1936, over which Japanese milita...

Toward vast Mongolia, potential theater of a major conflict between Soviet Russia and Japan, world attention shifts as flickering strife perturbs the...

Toward vast Mongolia, potential theater of a major conflict between Soviet Russia and Japan, world attention shifts as flickering strife perturbs the...

Mongol teacher and schoolboys, with the background of patched tents and felt yurts, is typical of the country in Eastern Inner Mongolia on Feb. 22, 19...

A refuge in a frozen and desolate land, this is the famous Lamaist temple of Wuchumuchin, in northeastern Chahar, Inner Mongolia, Feb. 11, 1936. Japan...

In Mongolia the race, both for humans and animals, is to the swift and strong, and those who cannot get enough to eat, perish. Here are the bones of a...

Camel Caravan, transportation in Mongolian in 1936. (AP Photo)

In erecting a tower, the Mongolians select a spot regarded as sacred. Fancy does not count in choosing the site. The tower is not a mere ornament, but...

Delegates to the London naval conference from the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France, and Italy will convene in Westminster's Clarence house...

View of Kalgan, capital of Chahar province, China on Nov. 20, 1935. (AP Photo/Mills)

Completing excavation of the main canal of Saratsi irrigation project in the province of Suiyuan province, China on Nov. 20, 1935. (AP Photo)

Main canal from headgates in the province of Suiyuan, China on Nov. 20, 1935. (AP Photo)

Emma Swift Hammerstein, 53-year-old widow of the theatrical impresario, leaves the Supreme Court with her attorney, Lorenzo C. Carlino in New York, No...

There is the gateway of the great wall which forms the northern entrance to the city of Kalgan, capital of Chahar province, China an July 23, 1935. (A...

Kalgan nestles among the hills at the fringe of the Mongolian plateau. Here is a typical Kalgan street on July 23, 1935. (AP Photo)

Many primitive methods of transportation are in use at the frontier city of Kalgan, where automobiles are seldom seen. This picture at a Chinese inn s...

Bridge across the river at Kalgan, Chahar province, China on July 13, 1935. (AP Photo/Mills)

Clifford Odets, playwright and liberal, who headed the delegation of 15 Americans that went to Havana, Cuba to investigate social and economic conditi...

Mongolian camels, chief means of transportation in the country, are seen, June 15, 1935. (AP Photo/James A. Mills)

A Mongolian caravanserai on June 15, 1935. Hundreds of huge cases of Army cigarettes are awaiting transportation while the camels are fed. (AP Photo)

Mongolian refugees fleeing before bandit hordes on the Mongolian plains, June 1, 1935. (AP Photo)

Lottie Kaufman Zukor, wife of Adolph Zukor, the motion picture producer, came into a Chicago Court to testify during trial of four persons accused of...

These two women were rounded up with five men under suspicion of being connected to several bank robberies, murder, and the kidnapping of John J. O'Co...

This man is not trying to scare his audience, but on the contrary he is a holy dancer of Mongolia on Oct. 14, 1932. Clad in a silken robe, embroidered...

Returned from a belated European Honeymoon, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and his wife, Joan Crawford, with Bill Baines, second from right, movie star, as the...

A portrait study of Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and his wife, Mary Pickford, perennial stars of the motion picture world shown June 25, 1932. "Doug" is atti...

"Death Valley Scotty," Walter Scott picturesque and wealthy resident of the California-Nevada desert country shown at a movie premiere in Los Angeles...

Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks are shown in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 1932 with (left to right) Captain John Haga, First Officer Patrick Ryan, and...

Douglas and Mary Fairbanks aboard the 136-foot schooner-yacht Invader in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 1932. (AP Photo)

Joan Crawford with her husband, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in an unknown location on Nov. 27, 1931. (AP Photo)

Samuel Barrymore Colt, son of Ethel Barrymore and nephew of John and Lionel Barrymore, who makes his first stage appearance in a forthcoming motion pi...

S.L. Rothafel, whom the amusement world knows as "Roxy," is on board ship in New York, Oct. 29, 1931 when he returned from a business trip in Europe....

Richard Tauber, tenor, called the "Caruso of Germany," made his American debut in New York, Oct. 28, 1931 and was enthusiastically acclaimed. Many lea...

Richard Dix, motion picture actor, returned to Hollywood, Oct. 27, 1931 with his bride, Winifred Coe of San Francisco, and announced he was ready for...