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Von Plessen

A man in a white shirt and shorts with his back to the camera watching a group of men with a horse.The pencil note on reverse of photo identifies him as Baron Von Plessen.

[Mongolians and horses]

Two Mongolians attempting to manouevre a subborn horse. Two men in western dress (Von Plessen and Muller?) look on. Numerous horses are visible in the background.

Great Wall China

The Great Wall of China seen running along a distant hilltop. In the foreground of the photo is a railway track. This suggests that the photo was taken on his train ride from Peking to Kalgan (now Zhangjiakou) on July 11th 1935.

[Blurred landscape]

Landscape wth blurred foreground, as though taken from a moving train or car. In the middle distance are cultivated fields and mountains on the far horizon.

[Cliffs & Desert]

Arid landscape with cliffs on the left hand side of the photo and a featureless plain on the right. There is some sparse vegetation on the cliff tops otherwise the landscape appears very dry. There are some channels that appear to have been made by water, possibly flash floods.

[Camp]

An inmpromptu campsite in which the Wostwag Company truck, the black sedan, a tent and horses can be seen.

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