N.E. Hansen and his three assistants gathering specimens in a field with a horse-drawn wagon at Mendoche before they begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China, there is a dog in the grass; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche 1924 North China

N.E. Hansen and his three assistants gathering specimens in a field with a horse-drawn wagon at Mendoche before they begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China, there is a dog in the grass; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche 1924 North China

Terrain in Mendoche, northern China that N.E. Hansen traveled in is search for hardy peach trees in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924

Terrain in Mendoche, northern China that N.E. Hansen traveled in is search for hardy peach trees in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924

N.E. Hansen and two assistants are gathering specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924

N.E. Hansen and two assistants climb rough terrain to gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924

N.E. Hansen and two assistants rest in the grass on their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924

N.E. Hansen and his three assistants stand by a horse-drawn wagon by a building at Mendoche before they begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche 1924 North China

N.E. Hansen and his three assistants stand by a horse-drawn wagon by a building at Mendoche before they begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche 1924 North China

Three assistants to N.E. Hansen are gathering specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924

N.E. Hansen and two assistants climb rough terrain to gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924

N.E. Hansen and two assistants are gathering specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924

N.E. Hansen's assistants gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924, one man is holding a gun; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924

Four of N.E. Hansen's assistants stand by a horse-drawn wagon by a building at Mendoche before they begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche 1924 North China

N.E. Hansen and his three assistants gathering specimens in a field with a horse-drawn wagon at Mendoche before they begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China, there is a dog in the grass; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche 1924 North China

Terrain in Mendoche, northern China that N.E. Hansen traveled in is search for hardy peach trees in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924

N.E. Hansen and two assistants climb rough terrain to gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924, Hansen is holding a peach tree specimen, one man is holding a gun; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924

N.E. Hansen and two assistants gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924, Hansen is holding a peach tree specimen, one man is holding a gun, burlap bags are holding specimens, there is a dog in the foreground; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924

N.E. Hansen and two assistants climb rough terrain to gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924

N.E. Hansen and two assistants climb rough terrain to gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924