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Background imageMakeshift Collection: Russian Poles in war zone, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Russian Poles in war zone, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian Poles in war zone, between c1914 and c1915. Russian Polish women standing next to shelter during World War I.

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Shelters behind German Lines, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Shelters behind German Lines, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Shelters behind German Lines, 1916 (date created or published later). German soldiers, vehicles and shelters during World War I.

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Belgian Refugees, at Bergen-op-zoom, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Belgian Refugees, at Bergen-op-zoom, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgian Refugees, at Bergen-op-zoom, between c1914 and c1915. Belgian refugees and the Bergen Op Zoom refugee camp in the Netherlands during World War I.

Background imageMakeshift Collection: The Kew Photoheliograph and Temporary Observatory at Rivabellosa, near Miranda del Ebro, 1860

The Kew Photoheliograph and Temporary Observatory at Rivabellosa, near Miranda del Ebro, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Kew Photoheliograph and Temporary Observatory at Rivabellosa, near Miranda del Ebro, [Spain], 1860. The Kew photoheliograph consists of a tube having the form of a truncated pyramid

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. Creator: Unknown

Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. In the interview which Baron Rodich had, a fortnight ago, at Ragusa [Dubrovnik], with the principal insurgent leaders

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Italian Offensive of the Isonzo; Decking is laid over the boats, 1917. Creator: Unknown

Italian Offensive of the Isonzo; Decking is laid over the boats, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Italian Offensive of the Isonzo; Decking is laid over the boats, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Background imageMakeshift Collection: L'offensive Francaise d'avril-mai 1917; Dans le bois de Roucy (Aisne): la toilette du... 1917

L'offensive Francaise d'avril-mai 1917; Dans le bois de Roucy (Aisne): la toilette du... 1917
L'offensive Francaise d'avril-mai 1917; Dans le bois de Roucy (Aisne): la toilette du soldat, le 15 avril, veille de la l'ataille [?], 1917

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Hut and tepee, probably St. Clair Flats, Mich. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown

Hut and tepee, probably St. Clair Flats, Mich. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Hut and tepee, probably St. Clair Flats, Mich. between 1900 and 1920

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Bridge at Rascon, between 1880 and 1897. Creator: William H. Jackson

Bridge at Rascon, between 1880 and 1897. Creator: William H. Jackson
Bridge at Rascon, between 1880 and 1897

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Forest landscape with lean-to, 1650-1692. Creator: Roelant Roghman

Forest landscape with lean-to, 1650-1692. Creator: Roelant Roghman
Forest landscape with lean-to, 1650-1692

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Les entr'actes de la bataille.-- 'Manon' au Theatre du Front, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Les entr'actes de la bataille.-- "Manon" au Theatre du Front, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les entr'actes de la bataille.-- "Manon" au Theatre du Front. 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageMakeshift Collection: National Emergency, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

National Emergency, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. National Emergency, between 1910 and 1920
National Emergency, between 1910 and 1920. USA. Food-growing during the First World War. National Emergency Food Garden Commission - vegetable garden, with building flying the US flag

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Goat team, between 1910 and 1917

Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. African American man with wagon pulled by goats

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Boy Scouts Training Demonstration, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Boy Scouts Training Demonstration, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Boy Scouts Training Demonstration, 1912
Boy Scouts Training Demonstration, 1912. [Improvised stretcher made from two poles and clothing]

Background imageMakeshift Collection: The Camp, at Slobodzie, 1854. Creator: Unknown

The Camp, at Slobodzie, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Camp, at Slobodzie, 1854. Crimean War, soldiers camped near the River Danube. The camp...assumes every day a more permanent and military appearance

Background imageMakeshift Collection: An emergency hospital in 1814, during the French campaign, c1814. Creator: Pierre-Roch Vigneron

An emergency hospital in 1814, during the French campaign, c1814. Creator: Pierre-Roch Vigneron
An emergency hospital in 1814, during the French campaign, c1814

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camps of migrant pea workers. California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99, Kern County, California, 1938

One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99. Kern County, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Mexican migratory citrus worker's family, near Strathmore, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican migratory citrus worker's family, near Strathmore, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Strathmore, California. Mexican migratory citrus worker's family. Camped here

Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees in Phoenix, Arizona. One of the many cases of Tennessee ex-farmers drifting around, looking for work in cotton

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Date picker's home, Coachella Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Date picker's home, Coachella Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Date picker's home. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: The home of a family in Oklahoma County, Elm Grove, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The home of a family in Oklahoma County, Elm Grove, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The home of a family in Oklahoma County. Elm Grove, Oklahoma

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Home on 'Scratch Hill, ' outside Atoka, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home on "Scratch Hill, " outside Atoka, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home on "Scratch Hill, " outside Atoka, Oklahoma. "I was offered twenty dollars for that house. I pay six dollars rent a year, and have some chickens and a garden"

Background imageMakeshift Collection: California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California home of Oklahoma drought refugee

Background imageMakeshift Collection: California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California home of Oklahoma drought refugee

Background imageMakeshift Collection: California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

California home of Oklahoma drought refugee, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California home of Oklahoma drought refugee

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Squatter camp, Patterson, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp, Patterson, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Patterson, California. Squatter camp

Background imageMakeshift 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 imageMakeshift Collection: Migratory field worker's home on the edge of a pea field, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Migratory field worker's home on the edge of a pea field, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Migratory field worker's home on the edge of a pea field. The family lived here through the winter. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageMakeshift 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 imageMakeshift Collection: Oklahomans encamped on a river bottom near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahomans encamped on a river bottom near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahomans encamped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

Drought refugees, camp along the roadside, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp along the roadside. Drought refugees. Imperial County, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Tent housing a family, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tent housing a family, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tent housing a family of four who will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. Imperial County, California

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Cotton laborer's house, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton laborer's house, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton laborer's house. Louisiana. [Cardboard box: Duble Heder Ice Cream Cones']

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Assembly of God in tent by the roadside, Cache County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Assembly of God in tent by the roadside, Cache County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Assembly of God in tent by the roadside, Cache County, Oklahoma. Twenty- nine attend this church. Eighteen families of displaced laborers and tenants encamp in this group along the highway

Background imageMakeshift 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 imageMakeshift 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 imageMakeshift Collection: Family camped on U.S. Highway 63, Cache County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family camped on U.S. Highway 63, Cache County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family camped on U.S. Highway 63. Cache County, Oklahoma

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Farm woman beside her barn door, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farm woman beside her barn door, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm woman beside her barn door. Tulare County, California. No more horseshoes!

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Improvised protection for a stream bank, Ridgway, Colorado, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee

Improvised protection for a stream bank, Ridgway, Colorado, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Improvised protection for a stream bank, Ridgway, Colorado. [Old car filled with rocks. Sign: Danger - Bridge Out ]

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Bean pickers tent, one of fourteen in a group... near West Stayton Marion County, Oregon, 1939

Bean pickers tent, one of fourteen in a group... near West Stayton Marion County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bean pickers tent, one of fourteen in a group on growers property, adjoining the bean field. Near West Stayton Marion County, Oregon

Background imageMakeshift Collection: One of the forty potato camps in open field... Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

One of the forty potato camps in open field... Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageMakeshift Collection: One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Young family on ditch bank, waiting to enter... camp (FSA), Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Young family on ditch bank, waiting to enter... camp (FSA), Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Young family on ditch bank, waiting to enter farm family labor camp (FSA - Farm Security Administration). They came from North Dakota, have young baby

Background imageMakeshift Collection: One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Camp of single men, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Camp of single men, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of single men. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. Potato pickers

Background imageMakeshift Collection: Outside of potato pickers camp, across from the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Outside of potato pickers camp, across from the... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Outside of potato pickers camp, across from the packing shed. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. [Signs: Stew - Chili - Soup - Pie; Good Coffee 5 cents; Hot Cakes 10 cents; Pie 5 cents; Chili 10



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