Lange Collection (#8)

RURAL CHURCH, 1939. Men, women and children exiting Wheeleys Church after services in Person County, North Carolina. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, July 1939

RURAL CHURCH, 1939. The gathering of a congregation after church services at Wheeley s
RURAL CHURCH, 1939. The gathering of a congregation after church services at Wheeleys Church in Person County, North Carolina. Dorothea Lange, July 1939

IDAHO: RURAL CHURCH, 1939. An abandoned church in cut-over area in Boundary County, Idaho. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, October 1939

FARM GIRLS, 1936. Daughters of former sharecroppers holding a melon on the Mississippi Delta Cooperative Farm in Hillhouse, Mississippi. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, June 1937

IDAHO: MAILBAG, 1939. A roadside residential mailbag attached to a post in Gem County, Idaho. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, October 1939

TEXAS: MAIL WAGON, 1937. A horse drawn mail wagon in Marshall, Texas. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, June 1937

COOPERATIVE FARMERS, 1937. Former sharecroppers farming cotton on the Mississippi Delta Cooperative Farm in Hillhouse, Mississippi. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, June 1937

TRACTOR, 1937. A farmer using a tractor to plow a cotton field on the Aldridge Plantation in Mississippi. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, June 1937

FARM FAMILY, 1937. A cotton sharecropper family on the front porch of a farmhouse in Macon County, Georgia. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, July 1937

SHARECROPPER, 1937. Sharecroppers wife standing in front of a cabin south of Jackson, Mississippi. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, June 1937

RURAL CHURCH, 1939. Congregation entering Wheeleys Church in Person County, North Carolina. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, July 1939

TEXAS: COTTON, 1936. Migrant workers picking cotton in South Texas. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, August 1936

SQUATTERS CAMP, 1936. A mother and child crossing a stream in a squatters camp for migrant workers in California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, November 1936

PEA PICKERS, 1939. A field of migrant workers picking peas on a farm near Calipatria, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, February 1939

MISSISSIPPI: FARM, 1937. A sharecroppers cabin with cotton and corn growing, near Jackson, Mississippi. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, June 1937

CALIFORNIA: COTTON, 1936. A cotton picker filling sacks of cotton for weighing in San Joaquin Valley, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, November 1936

MIGRANT FAMILY, 1935. Oklahoma potato pickers family camping on the flats near Shafter, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1935

SHARECROPPER, 1936. A tenant farmer holding a hoe on a farm near Anniston, Alabama. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, June 1936

DUST BOWL, 1935. A dust storm near Mills, New Mexico. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, May 1935

MIGRANT CAMP, 1935. Entrance to Marysville camp for migrant workers in Marysville, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, October 1935

HOMELESS FAMILY, 1939. Family with five children traveling through Pittsburgh County, Oklahoma, to Krebs, Oklahoma, in search of work after the father was sick with pneumonia, unable to work

MIGRANT WOMAN, 1938. The wife of a migrant worker, near Childress, Texas. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, June 1938

DROUGHT REFUGEES, 1937. Families of drought refugees from the dust bowl region encamped near Holtville, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, March 1937

MIGRANT WORKER, 1939. A migrant worker shaving by the roadside, on his way to San Diego, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, February 1939

CALIFORNIA: MIGRANTS, 1935. Children of a family of drought refugees from Oklahoma, near Bakersfield, California. One of the girls has bone tuberculosis. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, June 1935

SHARECROPPER HOME, 1939. Home of a family of African American sharecroppers on a tobacco farm in North Carolina. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, July 1939

DROUGHT FARMERS, 1936. Drought farmers line the shady side of a street in a town in Oklahoma while their crops suffer. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, August 1936

DROUGHT REFUGEES, 1936. Refugee children from Oklahoma at a migrant camp in California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, November 1936

NEW MEXICO: FARM, 1938. A farmer with his son at work on a tractor in a field near Cland, New Mexico. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, June 1938

POVERTY: FAMILY, 1936. An impovised mother with her son and daughter in a shantytown for migrant workers at Elm Grove, Oklahoma. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, August 1936

MIGRANT WORKER CAMP, 1939. Children using the water pump in a large private bean picking camp, Marion County, Oregon. Pickers came from many states including Oklahoma to North Dakota for field work

MIGRANT CHILD, 1938. Migrant child in a Shafter camp, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, November 1938

MIGRANT CHILD, 1936. Son of destitute migrant worker playing with the coils of an old bed frame at the American River camp, near Sacremento, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, November 1936

MIGRANT WORKER, 1939. A young migrant worker in a squatters camp in Yakima Valley, Washington, where he has come with his family to pick hops. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1939

MIGRANT WORKER, 1939. Migrant worker originally from Oregon, sitting in a railway car at Calipatria, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, February 1939

HOMELESS FAMILY, 1939. Family of migrant workers from Phoenix, Arizona, walking along U.S. Highway 99 toward San Diego, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, February 1939

MIGRANT FAMILY, 1939. Family of migrant workers from Phoenix, Arizona, walking along U.S. Highway 99 toward San Diego, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, February 1939

SQUATTERS CAMP, 1937. An open basin from an irrigation ditch is the water supply for a squatters camp near Calipatria, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, March 1937

DROUGHT REFUGEES, 1936. Drought refugees from Polk, Missouri, awaiting the opening of orange picking season at Porterville, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, November 1936

SQUATTER CAMP, 1936. A family in an open air camp near the American River in Sacramento, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, November 1936

SQUATTER CAMP, 1935. A squatter camp with trash strewn around makeshift shelters, Imperial Valley, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1935

SHARECROPPER COUPLE, 1937. An African American sharecropper and his wife with no tools, stock, equipment, or garden, Mississippi. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1937

CALIFORNIA: SQUATTER, 1936. An eighty year old woman living in a squatters camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, November 1936

MIGRANT FAMILY, 1936. Part of an impoverished homeless family of nine on a New Mexico highway, preparing to sell their belongings for money to buy food. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, August 1936

MOTHERS CLUB, 1938 Women singing hymns before opening meeting of the Mothers Club at Arvin Farm Sercurity Administration Camp for migrants, California. Photograph, by Dorothea Lange, November 1938

SQUATTERs TENT, 1935. Squatters tent in rural California. Photographed in March 1935 by Dorothea Lange

MIGRANT WORKER CAMP, 1935. A group of children playing in front of their tent in a migrant worker camp, rural California. Photographed in March, 1935 by Dorothea Lange

MIGRANT WORKER SHACK, 1935. A woman sitting in the doorway of her shack in a migrant worker camp, rural California. Photographed in March 1935 by Dorothea Lange

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"Lange: Capturing the Essence of American Life in the 1930s" Dorothea Lange, a renowned photographer, documented the struggles and triumphs of everyday Americans during one of the most challenging periods in our nation's history. Her powerful images evoke a sense of empathy and understanding for those who endured hardships during the Great Depression. In Gordonton, North Carolina, Lange captured a poignant scene on a Sunday afternoon. A group of African American men find solace sitting on the porch of a country store while its owner's brother stands watchfully in the doorway. The kerosene pump on one side and gasoline pump on the other symbolize both necessity and aspiration. Moving to Lincoln Bench School, we witness young minds engrossed in their reading lessons. These school children from 1939 embody hope for brighter futures despite their circumstances. Lange's lens then takes us to Marion County, Oregon, where an unemployed lumberjack and his wife reside in a migrant workers camp during bean harvest season. The man bears his social security number tattooed on his arm—a stark reminder that even amidst struggle, identity matters. Traveling further south to Memphis, Texas brings us face-to-face with another aspect of America—its vibrant culture. Lange captures an iconic hotel sign that beckons travelers passing through this small town—a testament to resilience amid adversity. Beyond photography lies music as Moonglow by Valaida fills our ears—an enchanting melody transporting us into moments untouched by hardship or despair. Joachim Lange emerges as yet another figure worth mentioning—a name echoing through time whose contributions remain unknown but not forgotten. Bruges' Langerei canal presents itself adorned with a wooden lifting bridge—an architectural marvel connecting past and present generations along Belgium's waterways. A mule train from 1947 appears before us; its creator may be anonymous but reminds us that ordinary people can leave extraordinary imprints upon history. Carl Georg Lange's portrait reminds us of the individuals who shaped our world.