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Lang Collection (#5)

Exploring the diverse facets of 'lang' through history and art

Background imageLang Collection: REVIVAL MEETING, 1938. A revival meeting in a garage at Dos Palos, California

REVIVAL MEETING, 1938. A revival meeting in a garage at Dos Palos, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1938

Background imageLang Collection: TEXAS: FARMHOUSE, 1938. An abandoned farmhouse on a Texas farm. Photograph by Dorothea Lange

TEXAS: FARMHOUSE, 1938. An abandoned farmhouse on a Texas farm. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1938

Background imageLang Collection: DROUGHT, 1934. Dust clouds over Lamar, Colorado, during the height of the great drought of 1934

DROUGHT, 1934. Dust clouds over Lamar, Colorado, during the height of the great drought of 1934

Background imageLang Collection: MIGRANT FAMILY, 1937. A migrant family from Missouri halts on a California highway, February 1937

MIGRANT FAMILY, 1937. A migrant family from Missouri halts on a California highway, February 1937. Photographed by Dorothea Lange

Background imageLang Collection: Three members of a Texas family of seven camped near Exeter, California

Three members of a Texas family of seven camped near Exeter, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, November 1936
DROUGHT REFUGEE, 1936. Three members of a Texas family of seven camped near Exeter, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, November 1936

Background imageLang Collection: MIGRANT CHILDREN, 1939. Bean pickers children in Marin County, California, originally

MIGRANT CHILDREN, 1939. Bean pickers children in Marin County, California, originally from Kansas, California, South Dakota, Oregon, Nebraska, and Minnesota. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1939

Background imageLang Collection: BILLBOARD CAMP, 1938. Three families camped behind a Southern Pacific Railway billboard on U. S

BILLBOARD CAMP, 1938. Three families camped behind a Southern Pacific Railway billboard on U. S
BILLBOARD CAMP, 1938. Three families camped behind a Southern Pacific Railway billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1938

Background imageLang Collection: MIGRANT WORKERS, 1934. Migrant workers farming. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1934

MIGRANT WORKERS, 1934. Migrant workers farming. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1934

Background imageLang Collection: DUST BOWL, c1936. Abandoned farm with equipment that destroyed the naturally rich grazing land at

DUST BOWL, c1936. Abandoned farm with equipment that destroyed the naturally rich grazing land at Mills, New Mexico. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, May 1935

Background imageLang Collection: HITCHHIKERS, 1937. Two hitchhikers on their way to Los Angeles, California. Beside them

HITCHHIKERS, 1937. Two hitchhikers on their way to Los Angeles, California. Beside them, a billboard for Southern Pacific reads, Next Time Try The Train, Relax

Background imageLang Collection: DEPRESSION & DROUGHT, 1938. Main Street at Caddo, Oklahoma, a town suffering from the Depression

DEPRESSION & DROUGHT, 1938. Main Street at Caddo, Oklahoma, a town suffering from the Depression and from the drought in the surrounding farmlands. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1938

Background imageLang Collection: MIGRANT FARM WORKERS. Florence Thompson, a 32-year-old migrant worker, photographed

MIGRANT FARM WORKERS. Florence Thompson, a 32-year-old migrant worker, photographed with her children in Nipomo, California. Photograph part of the Migrant Mother series by Dorothea Lange, 1936

Background imageLang Collection: TEENAGE SHARECROPPER. Thirteen-year-old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia

TEENAGE SHARECROPPER. Thirteen-year-old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia. Oil over a photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1937

Background imageLang Collection: MIGRANT FAMILY, 1936. Florence Thompson, a 32-year-old migrant worker, with her

MIGRANT FAMILY, 1936. Florence Thompson, a 32-year-old migrant worker, with her children at a migrant workers camp in Nipomo, California. Oil over a photograph by Dorothea Lange, March 1936

Background imageLang Collection: MERMAID, C1890. A mermaid princess. Illustration from one of Andrew Langs fairy tale collections

MERMAID, C1890. A mermaid princess. Illustration from one of Andrew Langs fairy tale collections, c1890

Background imageLang Collection: Source Size = 4978 x 3774

Source Size = 4978 x 3774
PRIZE DOGS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE SHOW: 1. " MYRTLE, " SHEEPDOG, SECOND PRIZE; 2. " LANG, " SETTER, FIRST PRIZE; 3. " SPOT, " FOX-TERRIER, FIRST PRIZE; 4

Background imageLang Collection: for Auld Lang Syne. at Mr. John Farmers Farewell Concert in The

for Auld Lang Syne. at Mr. John Farmers Farewell Concert in The
" for Auld Lang Syne". at Mr. John Farmers Farewell Concert in the Speech Room at Harrow

Background imageLang Collection: Stained Glass Design for a Married Couple

Stained Glass Design for a Married Couple; Hieronymus Lang, Swiss, active 1541 - 1582; Switzerland, Europe; 1553; Pand and black ink with gray, ocher

Background imageLang Collection: ALOYSIA WEBER LANGE (c1760-1839). German soprano; sister-in-law of Austrian composer

ALOYSIA WEBER LANGE (c1760-1839). German soprano; sister-in-law of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Oil, c1820

Background imageLang Collection: CHARLES LANG FREER (1854-1919). American railroad-car manufacturer and art collector

CHARLES LANG FREER (1854-1919). American railroad-car manufacturer and art collector. Photograph by Edward Steichen, c1916

Background imageLang Collection: LANG: NURSERY RHYME BOOK. Tom, Tom, the pipers son. Pen-and-ink drawing by L

LANG: NURSERY RHYME BOOK. Tom, Tom, the pipers son. Pen-and-ink drawing by L. Leslie Brooke from the first edition, 1898, of Andrew Langs Book of Nursery Rhymes

Background imageLang Collection: LANG: NURSERY RHYME BOOK. Barber, barber, shave a pig. Pen-and-ink drawing by L

LANG: NURSERY RHYME BOOK. Barber, barber, shave a pig. Pen-and-ink drawing by L. Leslie Brooke from the first edition, 1898, of Andrew Langs Book of Nursery Rhymes

Background imageLang Collection: Phu-Lang-Thoung - The Railway Station - Vietnam

Phu-Lang-Thoung - The Railway Station - Vietnam
Phu-Lang-Thuong - The Railway Station - Vietnam. The strategic line connecting Laang Son to Phu Lang Thuong (now known as Bac Giang), was the first railway line to be built in Tonkin. Date: circa 1907

Background imageLang Collection: William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) American Impressionist painter and teacher. Annie Lang

William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) American Impressionist painter and teacher. Annie Lang (19th century) American painter. Half-length portrait of Chase in white against dark background

Background imageLang Collection: Low rental workmens dwellings built by Birkenhead Dock Co. c1844: Architect CE

Low rental workmens dwellings built by Birkenhead Dock Co. c1844: Architect CE. Lang. Avenue of dwellings. Each block was 3 houses of 4 floors, each divided into 2 dwellings of living room

Background imageLang Collection: Poster from the film Metropolis 1927. German expressionist film in the

Poster from the film Metropolis 1927. German expressionist film in the science-fiction genre directed by Fritz Lang. Produced in Germany during a stable period of the Weimar Republic

Background imageLang Collection: for Auld Lang Syne. at Mr. John Farmers Farewell Concert in the Speech

for Auld Lang Syne. at Mr. John Farmers Farewell Concert in the Speech
" for Auld Lang Syne". at Mr. John Farmers Farewell Concert in the Speech Room at Harrow

Background imageLang Collection: Harbour landscape with an encounter between Aborigines and B

Harbour landscape with an encounter between Aborigines and B
Drawing 40 from the Watling Collection titled Ban nel lang meeting the Governor by appointment after he was wounded by Willemaring in September 1790 by Port Jackson Painter, 1790

Background imageLang Collection: William Dickinson Lang (1878-1966)

William Dickinson Lang (1878-1966)
Photograph of W.D. Lang. Archive reference PH/10/13

Background imageLang Collection: Burns / Auld Lang Syne

Burns / Auld Lang Syne
AULD LANG SYNE Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind ?... We ll tak a cup o kindness yet for auld lang syne. Date: first published 1796

Background imageLang Collection: ALOYSIA WEBER LANGE (c1760-1839). German soprano; sister-in-law of Austrian composer Wolfgang

ALOYSIA WEBER LANGE (c1760-1839). German soprano; sister-in-law of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In the role of Z

Background imageLang Collection: ANDREW LANG (1844-1912). Scottish man of letters. Wood engraving, 1893

ANDREW LANG (1844-1912). Scottish man of letters. Wood engraving, 1893

Background imageLang Collection: Lang Libai and Fei Zhangfan

Lang Libai and Fei Zhangfan. Print shows a warrior with a sword in his mouth, climbing netting above water, through a hail of arrows. Date between 1826 and 1830

Background imageLang Collection: Coronation 1937 - King George VI standing before the assembl

Coronation 1937 - King George VI standing before the assembl
Beginning of the service at the Coronation of King George VI is The Recognition. The King, stands before the Assembly while the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Lang, presents him

Background imageLang Collection: Oberammergau 1934 - 2

Oberammergau 1934 - 2
Jesus carries his cross - signed by the actor, Alois Lang. Date: 1934

Background imageLang Collection: Vietnamese Mandarin from Lang-son province

Vietnamese Mandarin from Lang-son province Date: circa 1903

Background imageLang Collection: Vietnam - Lang-Son Province Headman

Vietnam - Lang-Son Province Headman
The Governor of the Province of Lang-Son in Northern Vietnam (Tonkin) with his son and servants/attendants behind. circa 1903

Background imageLang Collection: Golfers

Golfers
The runners-up and the winners in the Edinburgh golf tournament. From left to right: Duddingston team (runners-up), W B C Miller, A C Glennie, A P Mitchell, J Inches; Dalmahoy team (winners)

Background imageLang Collection: Oberammergau - Lang

Oberammergau - Lang
Alois Lang as Jesus Date: 1930

Background imageLang Collection: FILM: WOMAN IN THE MOON. Scene from Woman in the Moon (1929)

FILM: WOMAN IN THE MOON. Scene from Woman in the Moon (1929), showing a technician with a model of the spaceship Friede. Directed by Fritz Lang; cowritten by Lang and German physicist Hermann Oberth

Background imageLang Collection: Enthronement of Archbishop Lang

Enthronement of Archbishop Lang
A crowd scene at the enthronement of the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864-1945). He was the first bachelor to hold the appointment in 150 years

Background imageLang Collection: Burns / Second Epistle

Burns / Second Epistle
SECOND EPISTLE TO DAVIE A Brother Poet Hale be your heart, hale be your fiddle; Lang may your elbow jink an diddle

Background imageLang Collection: Robert Burns Statue, 1844

Robert Burns Statue, 1844
Engraving showing the Robert Burns statue by Flaxman (centre) surrounded by two scenes from his life and another portrait

Background imageLang Collection: Dinners singing Auld Lang Syne at the Savoy Restaurant, 19

Dinners singing Auld Lang Syne at the Savoy Restaurant, 19
Illustration showing some of the thousand guests who had supper at the Savoy Hotel on New Years Eve, 1907, and sang Auld Lang Syne to see in the New Year

Background imageLang Collection: China / See Lang Shan

China / See Lang Shan
We have not been able to identify this place with a modern location, but it is probably in the vicinity of Beijing

Background imageLang Collection: Launch of H. M. S. Nankin

Launch of H. M. S. Nankin
An engraving of a noble and beautiful specimen of naval architecture, H.M 50-gun Frigate Nankin, designed by Oliver Lang and built at Woolwich

Background imageLang Collection: Macfarlane Lang Girl

Macfarlane Lang Girl
A young girl ventures out in her winter coat to buy a box of Macfarlane Lang chocolate wafer biscuits

Background imageLang Collection: AULD LANG SYNE

AULD LANG SYNE
Guests at the Savoy Hotel, London, join hands and sing Auld Lang Syne as the clock strikes midnight and the Old Year gives way to the New




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Exploring the diverse facets of 'lang' through history and art. From the iconic Metropolis poster by Fritz Lang to the heartfelt rendition of Auld Lang Syne, this caption takes you on a journey through time. Step into the poignant world captured by Dorothea Lange in her Migrant Mother series, where resilience and love shine amidst hardship. Delve into elegance with a menu cover from RMS Samaria, showcasing luxury aboard Cunard Line's ship. Discover craftsmanship with an 8-inch centre screw cutting lathe blueprint, highlighting precision engineering. Visit The House of Anton Lang in Oberammergau, Germany, steeped in tradition and cultural heritage. Embrace adventure with hiking outfits that inspire exploration and freedom. Immerse yourself in Shakespeare's Macbeth, unraveling the depths of human nature on stage. Experience the vibrant energy of Carnival depicted by H. C. M Hardinge and Matheson Lang's artistic collaboration. Encounter influential figures like Cosmo Gordon Lang and Reverend John Marshall Lang who left their mark on society through faith and leadership.