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Three Depresion-Era Photographers in Utah


Dorothea Lange (b. New Jersey, 1895 – d. San Francisco, 1965), Russell Lee (b. Ottawa, Illinois 1903 – d. Austin, Texas 1986), and Arthur Rothstein (b. 1915, New York – d. 1985, New Rochelle, New York) are the three photographers who were hired by the Farm Security Administration to document rural Utah in the late 1930s. The portraits of agricultural workers and their families, and the land that they worked, provide a unique picture of Utah’s rural past.

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Image of Farmers freezing ice cream. Pie Town, New Mexico. There is no ice in the town. Two or three farmers have built ice storage houses of wooden blocks, packing the ice in sawdust. When someone makes the thirty or forty mile trip for ice, several families get

Farmers freezing ice cream. Pie Town, New Mexico. There is no ice in the town. Two or three farmers have built ice storage houses of wooden blocks, packing the ice in sawdust. When someone makes the thirty or forty mile trip for ice, several families get

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Mormon farm village. Escalante, Utah

Mormon farm village. Escalante, Utah

Dorothea Lange Photographer

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Image of Widtsoe land use adjustment project. Garfield County, Utah. Loading boulder on stone boat, while excavating new spillway of Tropic Dam

Widtsoe land use adjustment project. Garfield County, Utah. Loading boulder on stone boat, while excavating new spillway of Tropic Dam

Dorothea Lange Photographer

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Image of Resettlement clients to be moved from Widtsoe area to farm in another county of Utah

Resettlement clients to be moved from Widtsoe area to farm in another county of Utah

Dorothea Lange Photographer

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Image of Farm buildings in the purchase area. Widtsoe, Utah

Farm buildings in the purchase area. Widtsoe, Utah

Dorothea Lange Photographer

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Image of Central Utah dry land adjustment project, forty miles from Tooele, Utah

Central Utah dry land adjustment project, forty miles from Tooele, Utah

Dorothea Lange Photographer

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Image of Farm. Summit County, Utah

Farm. Summit County, Utah

Arthur Rothstein Photographer

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Image of Snow fence. Summit County, Utah

Snow fence. Summit County, Utah

Arthur Rothstein Photographer

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Image of The old method of drawing a combine; ten or more horses were used. Box Elder County, Utah

The old method of drawing a combine; ten or more horses were used. Box Elder County, Utah

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Sacking barley on Mormon farm. Box Elder County, Utah

Sacking barley on Mormon farm. Box Elder County, Utah

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of FSA (Farm Secutiry Administraiton) cooperative tractor .Box Elder County, Utah

FSA (Farm Secutiry Administraiton) cooperative tractor .Box Elder County, Utah

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Mormon farmers eating dinner. Box Elder County, Utah

Mormon farmers eating dinner. Box Elder County, Utah

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Mormon farmer, Box Elder County, Utah

Mormon farmer, Box Elder County, Utah

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Box Elder County, Utah. Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a sheepherder

Box Elder County, Utah. Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a sheepherder

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Mrs. Christiansen of the Christiansen canning unit sealing cans. During 1939 she canned 2300 quarts which included 20 mutton, 2 deer, 2 beeves, 5 pigs. Fish was tried very successfully. In this cooperative agreement there were twenty-five users and outsid

Mrs. Christiansen of the Christiansen canning unit sealing cans. During 1939 she canned 2300 quarts which included 20 mutton, 2 deer, 2 beeves, 5 pigs. Fish was tried very successfully. In this cooperative agreement there were twenty-five users and outsid

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Camp of dryland Mormon farmer. He lives in Snowville, Utah, and is farming land in Oneida County, Idaho, which he has leased from the Mormon church. Camp is in Oneida County, Idaho

Camp of dryland Mormon farmer. He lives in Snowville, Utah, and is farming land in Oneida County, Idaho, which he has leased from the Mormon church. Camp is in Oneida County, Idaho

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Mormon farmer who lives in Snowville, Utah and who farms in Oneida County, Idaho, bagging wheat

Mormon farmer who lives in Snowville, Utah and who farms in Oneida County, Idaho, bagging wheat

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Wife of Mormon farmer with canned goods. Snowville, Utah

Wife of Mormon farmer with canned goods. Snowville, Utah

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Farming land on outskirts of Logan. Cache County, Utah

Farming land on outskirts of Logan. Cache County, Utah

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Mountains dryland farm. Cache County, Utah

Mountains dryland farm. Cache County, Utah

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Grapes are one of the main diversified crops of this Mormon farmer, Cache County, Utah

Grapes are one of the main diversified crops of this Mormon farmer, Cache County, Utah

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Farmer looking through carburetor jet of the converted automobile which furnishes power for FSA (Farm Security Administration) cooperative orchard sprayer. Cache County, Utah

Farmer looking through carburetor jet of the converted automobile which furnishes power for FSA (Farm Security Administration) cooperative orchard sprayer. Cache County, Utah

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Turkeys are one of the main crops around Ivins, Washington County, Utah. See general caption

Turkeys are one of the main crops around Ivins, Washington County, Utah. See general caption

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Mormon farmer carrying cane to crusher, Ivins, Washington County, Utah

Mormon farmer carrying cane to crusher, Ivins, Washington County, Utah

Russell Lee Photographer

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Image of Extracting juice from cane. Ivins, Washington County, Utah

Extracting juice from cane. Ivins, Washington County, Utah

Russell Lee Photographer

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