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Refuge Collection (#3)

"Finding solace amidst the storm: Refuge in various forms" Leon Trotsky sought refuge in Mexico, a safe haven from political persecution

Background imageRefuge Collection: L'etat Belge en Exil; Le general Pau, envoye a Anvers, en a preconise l'evacuation, 1914

L'etat Belge en Exil; Le general Pau, envoye a Anvers, en a preconise l'evacuation, 1914. Creator: Unknown
L'etat Belge en Exil; Le general Pau, envoye a Anvers, en a preconise l'evacuation. Le 17 octobre, commence l'exode, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I"

Background imageRefuge Collection: The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) - Protestant Fugitives'; after M Leloir. 1890

The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) - Protestant Fugitives"; after M Leloir. 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) - Protestant Fugitives"; after M Leloir. 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Background imageRefuge Collection: The Emigration of the Russian Jews - Sketches on board the Guion Liner 'Wisconsin', 1891

The Emigration of the Russian Jews - Sketches on board the Guion Liner "Wisconsin", 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Emigration of the Russian Jews - Sketches on board the Guion Liner "Wisconsin", The Rush for the First Meal, 1891. From "The Graphic

Background imageRefuge Collection: The Emigration of the Russian Jews - Sketches on board the Guion Liner 'Wisconsin', 1891

The Emigration of the Russian Jews - Sketches on board the Guion Liner "Wisconsin", 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Emigration of the Russian Jews - Sketches on board the Guion Liner "Wisconsin", off Queenstown on Sunday Morning - The Ruling Passion, 1891. From "The Graphic

Background imageRefuge Collection: The Emigration of the Russian Jews - The Doctor Examining Steerage Passengers, 1891

The Emigration of the Russian Jews - The Doctor Examining Steerage Passengers, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Emigration of the Russian Jews - The Doctor Examining Steerage Passengers before their Departure from Liverpool on board the Guion Liner "Wisconsin" in the Mersey, 1891

Background imageRefuge Collection: L'exode des paysans serbes.'. Creator: Unknown

L'exode des paysans serbes.'. Creator: Unknown
L'exode des paysans serbes'. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

Background imageRefuge Collection: Aux Camps Serbes (Soldats et refugies civils) de Salonique; les cuisines des detchements... 1916

Aux Camps Serbes (Soldats et refugies civils) de Salonique; les cuisines des detchements... 1916
Aux Camps Serbes (Soldats et refugies civils) de Salonique; les cuisines des detchements serbes, venus de Monastir apres de dures fatigues et de longues privations, 1916

Background imageRefuge Collection: Au debut de l'Invasion de la Serbie. --Scenes de l'exode des populations serbes devant... 1916

Au debut de l'Invasion de la Serbie. --Scenes de l'exode des populations serbes devant... 1916. Creator: R
Au debut de l'Invasion de la Serbie. --Scenes de l'exode des populations serbes devant les Bulgares, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageRefuge Collection: Aux Camps Serbes (Soldats et refugies civils) de Salonique; Une Belge, elle aussi sans... 1916

Aux Camps Serbes (Soldats et refugies civils) de Salonique; Une Belge, elle aussi sans... 1916. Creator: Hubert Jacques
Aux Camps Serbes (Soldats et refugies civils) de Salonique; Une Belge, elle aussi sans foyer, distribue des secours aux petits enfants serbes, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Background imageRefuge Collection: The Inhabitants leaving Balaclava, by Order of Lord Raglan, 1854. Creator: Unknown

The Inhabitants leaving Balaclava, by Order of Lord Raglan, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Inhabitants leaving Balaclava, by Order of Lord Raglan, 1854. Crimean War: expulsion of Greek civilians by the British Army

Background imageRefuge Collection: Bulgarian Children, wounded at Kustendjeh, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Bulgarian Children, wounded at Kustendjeh, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Bulgarian Children, wounded at Kustendjeh, 1854. Sketch by R. Trooping, 52nd Regiment, of child refugees on board H.M.S. Firebrand on the Black Sea during the Crimean War

Background imageRefuge Collection: The Emperor, the Empress and the Imperial Prince visiting an orphanage in Fontainebleau, c1867

The Emperor, the Empress and the Imperial Prince visiting an orphanage in Fontainebleau, c1867

Background imageRefuge Collection: Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California, 1936

Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California. Note: the photographer passed twenty-eight cars of this type while driving thirty-five miles between 9:00 and 9

Background imageRefuge Collection: Refugee French Scouts in Camp in England, 1941, 1944. Creator: Unknown

Refugee French Scouts in Camp in England, 1941, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Refugee French Scouts in Camp in England, 1941, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Background imageRefuge Collection: Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt, California, Kern County, 1936

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt, California, Kern County, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County

Background imageRefuge Collection: Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Resettled child of Bosque Farms, New Mexico. She herds cows for neighboring families for five cents per day

Background imageRefuge Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural worker's family, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Destitute in pea picker's camp, Nipomo, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled on the desert in southern California with no money, 1937

Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled on the desert in southern California with no money, 1937
Southern California desert. Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled on the desert in southern California with no money. He and his ten children are facing future in California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration, Holtville, California, 1937

Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration, Holtville, California, 1937
Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. "They won't go until they get so hungry that there's nothing else for them to do

Background imageRefuge Collection: Hooverville of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Hooverville of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hooverville of Bakersfield, California. A rapidly growing community of people living rent-free on the edge of the town dump in whatever kind of shelter available

Background imageRefuge Collection: Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camp of migratory workers, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of migratory agricultural workers. Imperial County, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Nipomo, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Kern County camp for migrants, fifteen miles out of Bakersfield, California, 1936

Kern County camp for migrants, fifteen miles out of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County camp for migrants. Planned and erected by the Resettlement Administration fifteen miles out of Bakersfield, California. Partially occupied because there is not any work in the fields

Background imageRefuge Collection: Housing for Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing for Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family looking for work in the pea fields. California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Refugee families near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Refugee families near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Refugee families near Holtville, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California. Stalled on the desert near Indio, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Families from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria, California

Families from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria, California
Four families, three of them related with fifteen children, from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Mother and three children in a California squatter camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mother and three children in a California squatter camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mother and three children in a California squatter camp

Background imageRefuge Collection: Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant worker from Oklahoma repairing tire on California highway

Background imageRefuge Collection: Aged woman from Oklahoma, Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Aged woman from Oklahoma, Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Aged woman from Oklahoma. Kern County migrant camp, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Migrant pea pickers camp in the rain, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant pea pickers camp in the rain, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant pea pickers camp in the rain. California

Background imageRefuge Collection: In one of the largest pea camps in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

In one of the largest pea camps in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
In one of the largest pea camps in California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageRefuge Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageRefuge Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageRefuge Collection: Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt, California, Kern County, 1936

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt, California, Kern County, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

Background imageRefuge Collection: Family of one of the evicted sharecroppers...Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family of one of the evicted sharecroppers...Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of one of the evicted sharecroppers from Arkansas who has been resettled at Hill House, Mississippi

Background imageRefuge Collection: Resettled farm child from Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project, New Mexico, 1935

Resettled farm child from Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Resettled farm child from Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project. New Mexico

Background imageRefuge Collection: Farm child, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farm child, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm child. This family is now resettled on the Bosque Farms project. New Mexico

Background imageRefuge Collection: On location of Resettlement Administration film near Bakersfield, California, 1935

On location of Resettlement Administration film near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On location of Resettlement Administration film near Bakersfield, California. Three brothers, drought refugees from Texas (note water barrel)

Background imageRefuge Collection: Squatter camp, outskirts of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp, outskirts of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California. Note number of auto trailers and trailer being constructed on left

Background imageRefuge Collection: Roadside camp near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Roadside camp near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Roadside camp near Bakersfield, California. "Come to California." The worldly posessions of refugees from Texas dust, drought and depression

Background imageRefuge Collection: Children of destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936

Children of destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of destitute family. American River camp, near Sacramento, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute family. American River camp. Five children aged two to seventeen. Near Sacramento California. [Sign: "I must have work or food"]

Background imageRefuge Collection: Destitute family, American River camp, Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Destitute family, American River camp, Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute family. American River camp, Sacramento, California




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"Finding solace amidst the storm: Refuge in various forms" Leon Trotsky sought refuge in Mexico, a safe haven from political persecution. Rifugio Gnifetti on Monte Rosa, enveloped by clouds, offers a serene mountain refuge in Valsesia, Piemonte. Queen Victoria and her children find solace in mourning at Windsor Castle, seeking refuge from their grief. Prehistoric cave art paintings unveil ancient human's search for refuge through artistic expression. Picture No. 11073902 captures the essence of refuge; an image that speaks volumes without words. The Scottish Highlands' Cairngorms National Park provides a breathtaking natural sanctuary for those seeking refuge. Alderney Harbour serves as a gateway to tranquility and respite for weary souls yearning for shelter. Tre Cime di Lavaredo / Drei Zinnen stand tall as three distinctive peaks offering both physical and metaphorical refuge in Sexten. Shaftesbury and Arethusa Boys Homes provide hope and support to vulnerable children seeking emotional refuge in Royston, Hertfordshire. Whitfield Hall Mountain Refuge along Blue Mountain Peak Trail grants hikers respite amid the majestic beauty of Jamaica's Blue Mountains. A pair of sandhill cranes finds solace within Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge—a sanctuary where nature thrives undisturbed. The little house at Arrah stands strong against adversity—an emblem of resilience and unwavering spirit amidst chaos. In our journey through life, we often seek moments or places that offer us comfort and protection—a place where we can find peace amidst turmoil or simply be ourselves without judgment or fear—refuge becomes our guiding light during these times of uncertainty.