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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
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Image of Mormon farm village. Escalante, Utah
Mormon farm village. Escalante, Utah

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

Dorothea Lange
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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
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Image of Farm. Summit County, Utah
Farm. Summit County, Utah

Arthur Rothstein
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Image of Snow fence. Summit County, Utah
Snow fence. Summit County, Utah

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

Russell Lee
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