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Refuge Collection (#5)

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

Background imageRefuge Collection: Child welfare program, Resettlement Administration Marysville camp for migrants, California, 1935

Child welfare program, Resettlement Administration Marysville camp for migrants, California, 1935
Marysville camp for migrants. Supervised play for the children is part of the child welfare program at the Resettlement Administration camp. California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Migrant drought refugee family stalled on an Arizona highway, between Yuma and Phoenix, 1937

Migrant drought refugee family stalled on an Arizona highway, between Yuma and Phoenix, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant drought refugee family stalled on an Arizona highway, between Yuma and Phoenix, on their way to California to work in the harvests

Background imageRefuge Collection: Destitute pea pickers in California, mother of seven children, Nipomo, California, 1936

Destitute pea pickers in California, mother of seven children, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Migrant agricultural workers home, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural workers home, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural workers home. California. [Makeshift shelter built behind an advertising hoarding: Cyanogas - The Real Hopper Control']

Background imageRefuge Collection: Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California, 1935

Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma potato picker's family encamped on the flats near Shafter, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Washing facilities for families in migratory pea pickers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Washing facilities for families in migratory pea pickers camp, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Washing facilities for families in migratory pea pickers camp. Imperial Valley, California. Mostly Oklahomans and Texans

Background imageRefuge Collection: This family...about to be returned to Oklahoma...Neideffer Camp, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937

This family...about to be returned to Oklahoma...Neideffer Camp, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This family without food and work about to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. They have lost a baby as a result of exposure during the winter

Background imageRefuge Collection: Resettled at Bosque Farms project - family of four from Taos Junction, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Resettled at Bosque Farms project - family of four from Taos Junction, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Resettled at Bosque Farms project. Family of four from Taos Junction shows temporary dwelling

Background imageRefuge Collection: Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. Bakersfield, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas... near Holtville, California, 1937

Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas... near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Unemployed family... near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Unemployed family... near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Oklahomans now working or looking for work in the pea harvests of California, Imperial Vallery

Oklahomans now working or looking for work in the pea harvests of California, Imperial Vallery
Oklahomans now working or looking for work in the pea harvests of California. Outskirts of Calipatria. Imperial Valley

Background imageRefuge Collection: The Great Reaping Day - Oklahoma potato pickers, Kern County, California, 1937

The Great Reaping Day - Oklahoma potato pickers, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Great Reaping Day. Hymn singing, Sunday afternoon. The woman had been "saved" the week before. Oklahoma potato pickers. Kern County, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Young Oklahoma mother, age eighteen... CA, Imperial Valley, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Young Oklahoma mother, age eighteen... CA, Imperial Valley, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young Oklahoma mother, age eighteen, penniless, stranded in California. Imperial Valley

Background imageRefuge Collection: Young Oklahoma mother, age eighteen, penniless, stranded in California, Imperial Valley, 1937

Young Oklahoma mother, age eighteen, penniless, stranded in California, Imperial Valley, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young Oklahoma mother, age eighteen, penniless, stranded in California. Imperial Valley

Background imageRefuge Collection: Oklahoma grandmother in southern California squatter's camp, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahoma grandmother in southern California squatter's camp, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma grandmother in southern California squatter's camp. "Yes'm we're getting along just fine"

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

Oklahoma sharecropper entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma sharecropper entering California stalled on the desert with his wife and four children

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

Oklahoma sharecropper entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma sharecropper entering California stalled on desert with his wife and four children

Background imageRefuge Collection: Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

Background imageRefuge Collection: Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

Background imageRefuge Collection: Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

Background imageRefuge Collection: A mother in California who with her family will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief... 1937

A mother in California who with her family will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief... 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A mother in California who with her husband and her two children will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration

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

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

Background imageRefuge Collection: Building an auto trailer in a squatter camp, Outskirts of Bakersfield, California, 1936

Building an auto trailer in a squatter camp, Outskirts of Bakersfield, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Building an auto trailer in a squatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers... outside of Sacramento, California

Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers... outside of Sacramento, California
Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers living in camp outside of Sacramento, California. Father was coal miner in Tennessee but when the mines were not working received two days a

Background imageRefuge Collection: The Great Reaping Day - Oklahoma potato pickers, Kern County, California, 1937

The Great Reaping Day - Oklahoma potato pickers, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Great Reaping Day. Hymn singing, Sunday afternoon. The woman had been "saved" the week before. Oklahoma potato pickers. Kern County, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner, living in American River camp... CA, 1936

Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner, living in American River camp... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River camp near Sacramento, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Part of family arrived the night before... near Holtville, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939

Part of family arrived the night before... near Holtville, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of family arrived the night before from Rockwell, Texas. Picked their way across the country. Encamped on the river bottom. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageRefuge Collection: Outrigger boats and small village in a rocky inlet on Coron Island, Coron, Palawan

Outrigger boats and small village in a rocky inlet on Coron Island, Coron, Palawan, Philippines

Background imageRefuge Collection: Pale di San Martino at sunrise, Passo Rolle, San Martino di Castrozza village, Trento

Pale di San Martino at sunrise, Passo Rolle, San Martino di Castrozza village, Trento district, Trentino Alto Adige, Italy

Background imageRefuge Collection: Couple walking on beach below North Head Lighthouse at Cape Disappointment, Washington, USA

Couple walking on beach below North Head Lighthouse at Cape Disappointment, Washington, USA
A couple walking on the beach below the North Head Lighthouse at Cape Disappointment State Park near the mouth of the Columbia River, Washington State.

Background imageRefuge Collection: A little warm lodge

A little warm lodge
Emanuela Sol

Background imageRefuge Collection: The War in America: refugees from southern cities on the Mississippi, from a sketch by our

The War in America: refugees from southern cities on the Mississippi, from a sketch by our... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: refugees from southern cities on the Mississippi, from a sketch by our special artist, 1862. Our special Artist and Correspondent...writes as follows

Background imageRefuge Collection: Florida, Everglades, small fishing boat

Florida, Everglades, small fishing boat
2028-204957-01

Background imageRefuge Collection: Florida, Miami, Villa Vizcaya, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Urn and Semi-Circular pool

Florida, Miami, Villa Vizcaya, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Urn and Semi-Circular pool

Background imageRefuge Collection: Mexico, Quintana Roo, Playa Del Carmen, View of pier and oceanfront

Mexico, Quintana Roo, Playa Del Carmen, View of pier and oceanfront
2005-201809-01

Background imageRefuge Collection: Florida, Everglades, alligator in canal

Florida, Everglades, alligator in canal

Background imageRefuge Collection: Florida, Everglades, fisherman in small boat

Florida, Everglades, fisherman in small boat

Background imageRefuge Collection: Florida, Everglades, Great Blue Heron, Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge

Florida, Everglades, Great Blue Heron, Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge

Background imageRefuge Collection: Great Blue Heron at sunset

Great Blue Heron at sunset

Background imageRefuge Collection: Close up of alligator in water

Close up of alligator in water

Background imageRefuge Collection: Green, brown, and yellow leaf on an aquatic plant

Green, brown, and yellow leaf on an aquatic plant

Background imageRefuge Collection: Great Blue Heron standing next to a No Parking Any Time sign

Great Blue Heron standing next to a No Parking Any Time sign

Background imageRefuge Collection: Abstract of tree branches and birds

Abstract of tree branches and birds

Background imageRefuge Collection: New Jersey, Morris County, Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

New Jersey, Morris County, Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Background imageRefuge Collection: Silhouette of palm tree against dramatic sky

Silhouette of palm tree against dramatic sky




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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.