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Background imageDeserted Collection: Beach at Gravelines, 1890. Artist: Georges-Pierre Seurat

Beach at Gravelines, 1890. Artist: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Beach at Gravelines, 1890. From the Courtauld Institute Galleries, London

Background imageDeserted Collection: Crystal Palace Station, Crystal Palace Parade, Bromley, London, 1955

Crystal Palace Station, Crystal Palace Parade, Bromley, London, 1955
Crystal Palace Station, Bromley, London, 1955. Empty platforms and canopy of the disused Crystal Palace (High Level) Station, viewed from the footbridge. Arched walls hold up the glass roof

Background imageDeserted Collection: Wharram Percy, North Yorkshire

Wharram Percy, North Yorkshire. Wharram Percy is a deserted medieval village in the Yorkshire Wolds. It is thought that the village became deserted early in the 16th century when the local landowner

Background imageDeserted Collection: Palace of Justice at Beejapoor, India, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Palace of Justice at Beejapoor, India, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Palace of Justice at Beejapoor, India, 1871. Engraving of '...the remains of a magnificent Royal palace...We are indebted to the Rev

Background imageDeserted Collection: Sketches from Ireland: deserted wharfs and warehouses of Westport, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Sketches from Ireland: deserted wharfs and warehouses of Westport, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from Ireland: deserted wharfs and warehouses of Westport, 1870. 'There are people in Westport who tell you they remember the period when its enormous warehouses were stored with grain

Background imageDeserted Collection: The War in Denmark: fortifications of Fredericia - Schleswig Bastion and Princess's Bastion, 1864

The War in Denmark: fortifications of Fredericia - Schleswig Bastion and Princess's Bastion, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: fortifications of Fredericia - Schleswig Bastion and Princess's Bastion, 1864. Engraving from a sketch...by our Special Artist

Background imageDeserted Collection: Sketches of Goldsmith's 'Deserted Village,' Lishoy or Auburn, near Athlone, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Sketches of Goldsmith's "Deserted Village," Lishoy or Auburn, near Athlone, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Sketches of Goldsmith's "Deserted Village," Lishoy or Auburn, near Athlone, 1871. 'The Three Pigeons, The Church, The Vicarage and The Busy Mill...In the heart of Ireland

Background imageDeserted Collection: La bataille de la Somme; Pendules trouvees par nos soldats dans une cagna allemande de la... 1916

La bataille de la Somme; Pendules trouvees par nos soldats dans une cagna allemande de la... 1916. Creator: Unknown
La bataille de la Somme; Pendules trouvees par nos soldats dans une cagna allemande de la Somme. 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageDeserted Collection: Careyville, northern Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Careyville, northern Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Careyville, northern Florida. The mill closed down January 1, 1937 and the occupants of these houses were dispersed

Background imageDeserted Collection: Home of family left stranded when the mill 'cut out' Near Kiln, Mississippi, 1937

Home of family left stranded when the mill "cut out" Near Kiln, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of family left stranded when the mill "cut out." Near Kiln, Mississippi

Background imageDeserted Collection: Careyville, northern Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Careyville, northern Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Careyville, northern Florida. The mill closed down January 1, 1937 and the occupants of these houses were dispersed

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi Delta, 1937

Abandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi Delta

Background imageDeserted Collection: Scene in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Scene in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Scene in Tombstone, Arizona. Once a thriving mining town

Background imageDeserted Collection: Scene in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Scene in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Scene in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town

Background imageDeserted Collection: Cultivated fields and abandoned tenant house, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cultivated fields and abandoned tenant house, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cultivated fields and abandoned tenant house. Hall County, Texas

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta

Background imageDeserted Collection: Crumbling buildings in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town, 1937

Crumbling buildings in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Crumbling buildings in Tombstone, Arizona, once a thriving mining town

Background imageDeserted Collection: The town of Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The town of Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The town of Widtsoe, Utah

Background imageDeserted Collection: Vacant farmhouse in area of mechanization and drought near Olustee, Oklahoma, 1938

Vacant farmhouse in area of mechanization and drought near Olustee, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Vacant farmhouse in area of mechanization and drought near Olustee, Oklahoma

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned land, exhausted soil, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned land, exhausted soil, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Carter County, Oklahoma. Abandoned land, exhausted soil

Background imageDeserted Collection: Widtsoe farm home, Resettlement Administration purchase, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Widtsoe farm home, Resettlement Administration purchase, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Widtsoe farm home. Resettlement Administration purchase. Utah

Background imageDeserted Collection: A home after the Utah pattern, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

A home after the Utah pattern, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A home after the Utah pattern. Escalante, Utah

Background imageDeserted Collection: High school in Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

High school in Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
High school in Escalante, Utah

Background imageDeserted Collection: The church in the center of town (Mormon), Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The church in the center of town (Mormon), Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The church in the center of town (Mormon). Escalante, Utah

Background imageDeserted Collection: From the village to the field, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

From the village to the field, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
From the village to the field. Escalante, Utah

Background imageDeserted Collection: Desert mountains surround Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Desert mountains surround Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Desert mountains surround Escalante, Utah

Background imageDeserted Collection: The movie theatre of Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The movie theatre of Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The movie theatre of Escalante, Utah

Background imageDeserted Collection: One of many abandoned homes in the Widtsoe area, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

One of many abandoned homes in the Widtsoe area, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of many abandoned homes in the Widtsoe area. Utah

Background imageDeserted Collection: Farm buildings in the purchase area, Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farm buildings in the purchase area, Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm buildings in the purchase area. Widtsoe, Utah

Background imageDeserted Collection: An abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

An abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
An abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta

Background imageDeserted Collection: An abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

An abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
An abandoned tenant cabin of the Mississippi Delta

Background imageDeserted Collection: Remains of sawmill in Fullerton, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Remains of sawmill in Fullerton, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Remains of sawmill in Fullerton, Louisiana. An abandoned lumber town

Background imageDeserted Collection: Remains of sawmill in Fullerton, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Remains of sawmill in Fullerton, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Remains of sawmill in Fullerton, Louisiana. An abandoned lumber town

Background imageDeserted Collection: An abandoned lumber town, Fullerton, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

An abandoned lumber town, Fullerton, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Fullerton, Louisiana. An abandoned lumber town

Background imageDeserted Collection: Cotton is planted close to the abandoned cabins, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937

Cotton is planted close to the abandoned cabins, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton is planted close to the abandoned cabins whose occupants were displaced by power farming. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi

Background imageDeserted Collection: Cotton is planted close to the abandoned cabins, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937

Cotton is planted close to the abandoned cabins, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton is planted close to the abandoned cabins whose occupants were displaced by power farming. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned lumber town showing mill and houses, Mendocino County, California, 1938

Abandoned lumber town showing mill and houses, Mendocino County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lumber industry of the California north coast. Abandoned lumber town showing mill and houses. Mendocino County, California

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned farm on the edge of the Great Plains, Roswell (vicinity), New Mexico, 1938

Abandoned farm on the edge of the Great Plains, Roswell (vicinity), New Mexico, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Roswell (vicinity), New Mexico. Abandoned farm on the edge of the Great Plains

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned farm on the high plains, Texas County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned farm on the high plains, Texas County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned farm on the high plains, Texas County, Oklahoma. "The record of the Great Plains is to a great extent a record of settlement and abandonment." J. Russell Smith

Background imageDeserted Collection: Eroded cotton farm near Jackson, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Eroded cotton farm near Jackson, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eroded cotton farm near Jackson, Mississippi

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned coaches and wagons...old blacksmith shop, Wray Plantation, Greene County, Georgia, 1937

Abandoned coaches and wagons...old blacksmith shop, Wray Plantation, Greene County, Georgia, 1937
Abandoned coaches and wagons behind the old blacksmith shop on the Wray Plantation. Greene County, Georgia

Background imageDeserted Collection: The cotton lands of Ellis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The cotton lands of Ellis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The cotton lands of Ellis County, Texas, are well adapted to tractor farming but the houses of the farmer tenants stand empty

Background imageDeserted Collection: Decaying antebellum plantation house in Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Decaying antebellum plantation house in Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Decaying antebellum plantation house in Greene County, Georgia. [Building dating from before the American Civil War (1861-1865)]

Background imageDeserted Collection: Worn-out land and abandoned cabins near Newport, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Worn-out land and abandoned cabins near Newport, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Worn-out land and abandoned cabins near Newport, Oklahoma

Background imageDeserted Collection: Lumber mill which is being dismantled at Careyville, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Lumber mill which is being dismantled at Careyville, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lumber mill which is being dismantled at Careyville, Florida

Background imageDeserted Collection: Lumber mill which is being dismantled, Careyville, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Lumber mill which is being dismantled, Careyville, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lumber mill which is being dismantled. Careyville, Florida

Background imageDeserted Collection: Lumber mill which is being dismantled, Careyville, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Lumber mill which is being dismantled, Careyville, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lumber mill which is being dismantled. Careyville, Florida

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned house in Carey, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned house in Carey, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned house in Carey, Texas. Mechanized cotton farming and displacement of tenant families is fast making Carey a ghost town

Background imageDeserted Collection: The lumber mill closed, the track is being torn up, Careyville, Florida, 1937

The lumber mill closed, the track is being torn up, Careyville, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The lumber mill closed, the track is being torn up and the rails sent to Japan along with other scrap iron from the mill. Careyville, Florida

Background imageDeserted Collection: Lumber mill being dismantled at Careyville, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Lumber mill being dismantled at Careyville, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lumber mill being dismantled at Careyville, Florida

Background imageDeserted Collection: Lumber mill being dismantled at Careyville, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Lumber mill being dismantled at Careyville, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lumber mill being dismantled at Careyville, Florida

Background imageDeserted Collection: Lumber mill being dismantled, Careyville, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Lumber mill being dismantled, Careyville, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lumber mill being dismantled. Careyville, Florida

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned house of small farmer, Southwest Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned house of small farmer, Southwest Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned house of small farmer. Southwest Oklahoma

Background imageDeserted Collection: A sawmill village, abandoned after the closing of the mill, Careyville, Florida, 1937

A sawmill village, abandoned after the closing of the mill, Careyville, Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Careyville, Florida. A sawmill village, abandoned after the closing of the mill

Background imageDeserted Collection: Careyville, northern Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Careyville, northern Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Careyville, northern Florida. The houses are deserted since the mill closed

Background imageDeserted Collection: Careyville, northern Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Careyville, northern Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Careyville, northern Florida. The houses are deserted since the mill closed

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned shack of a tenant farmer near Roscoe, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned shack of a tenant farmer near Roscoe, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned shack of a tenant farmer near Roscoe, Texas

Background imageDeserted Collection: Aftermath of irrigation boom, Nyland, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Aftermath of irrigation boom, Nyland, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Aftermath of irrigation boom and subsequent collapse of cotton in California, 1921. Nyland, California

Background imageDeserted Collection: Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Clayton, California. Architectural survivals

Background imageDeserted Collection: Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Clayton, California. Architectural survivals

Background imageDeserted Collection: Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Clayton, California. Architectural survivals

Background imageDeserted Collection: Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Clayton, California. Architectural survivals

Background imageDeserted Collection: Migrants carry this sect to California, Northern Arkansas on U.S. 62, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrants carry this sect to California, Northern Arkansas on U.S. 62, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Northern Arkansas on U.S. 62. Migrants carry this sect to California. [Sign: Assembly of God']

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned tenant house, Childress County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned tenant house, Childress County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned tenant house. Childress County, Texas

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned tenant house, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned tenant house, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned tenant house. Hall County, Texas

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned tenant house, Childress County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned tenant house, Childress County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned tenant house. Childress County, Texas

Background imageDeserted Collection: Foundations of lumber sheds in Fullerton, Louisiana, an abandoned lumber town, 1937

Foundations of lumber sheds in Fullerton, Louisiana, an abandoned lumber town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Foundations of lumber sheds in Fullerton, Louisiana, an abandoned lumber town

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned cafe in Carey, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned cafe in Carey, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned cafe in Carey, Texas. Carey is fast becoming a ghost town of the Texas plains

Background imageDeserted Collection: What is left of the alcohol plant, built to utilize refuse, Fullerton, Louisiana, 1937

What is left of the alcohol plant, built to utilize refuse, Fullerton, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
What is left of the alcohol plant, built to utilize refuse. Fullerton, Louisiana, an abandoned lumber town

Background imageDeserted Collection: Antebellum plantation house in Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Antebellum plantation house in Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Antebellum plantation house in Greene County, Georgia. [Decaying building dating from before the American Civil War (1861-1865)]

Background imageDeserted Collection: Pharr Plantation house near Social Circle, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pharr Plantation house near Social Circle, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pharr Plantation house near Social Circle, Georgia

Background imageDeserted Collection: Some of the walls of the bank still stand at Fullerton, Louisiana, abandoned lumber town, 1937

Some of the walls of the bank still stand at Fullerton, Louisiana, abandoned lumber town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Some of the walls of the bank still stand at Fullerton, Louisiana, abandoned lumber town

Background imageDeserted Collection: Remains of drug store at Fullerton, Louisiana, an abandoned lumber town, 1937

Remains of drug store at Fullerton, Louisiana, an abandoned lumber town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Remains of drug store at Fullerton, Louisiana, an abandoned lumber town

Background imageDeserted Collection: Remains of storefronts in Fullerton, Louisiana, an abandoned lumber town, 1937

Remains of storefronts in Fullerton, Louisiana, an abandoned lumber town, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Remains of storefronts in Fullerton, Louisiana, an abandoned lumber town

Background imageDeserted Collection: This was a bank at Fullerton, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

This was a bank at Fullerton, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This was a bank at Fullerton, Louisiana. Abandoned lumber town

Background imageDeserted Collection: Commissary of the Gold Dust Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Commissary of the Gold Dust Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Commissary of the Gold Dust Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned tenant house, seen across tractored cotton fields, Childress County, Texas, 1937

Abandoned tenant house, seen across tractored cotton fields, Childress County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned tenant house, seen across tractored cotton fields. Childress County, Texas

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned tenant home, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned tenant home, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned tenant home. Hall County, Texas

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned house and land, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned house and land, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned house and land, Hall County, Texas. There were formerly twelve families employed on this land, now there are none

Background imageDeserted Collection: Abandoned farm, Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned farm, Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned farm. Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas

Background imageDeserted Collection: Remains of dry kiln shed, Fullerton, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Remains of dry kiln shed, Fullerton, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Remains of dry kiln shed. Fullerton, Louisiana. Abandoned lumber town

Background imageDeserted Collection: Aftermath of irrigation boom and subsequent collapse of cotton, Nyland, California, 1937

Aftermath of irrigation boom and subsequent collapse of cotton, Nyland, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Aftermath of irrigation boom and subsequent collapse of cotton in California, 1921. Nyland, California

Background imageDeserted Collection: An old house almost hidden by sunflowers, Rodney, Miss. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott

An old house almost hidden by sunflowers, Rodney, Miss. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
An old house almost hidden by sunflowers, Rodney, Mississippi

Background imageDeserted Collection: Cabin in southern U. S. ca. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott

Cabin in southern U. S. ca. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
Cabin in southern U.S



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