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Background imagePossessions Collection: For He Had Great Possessions, 1894, (1912). Artist: George Frederick Watts

For He Had Great Possessions, 1894, (1912). Artist: George Frederick Watts
For He Had Great Possessions, 1894, (1912). Painting held at the Watts Gallery, Guildford, Surrey. From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1912]

Background imagePossessions Collection: The Movings, 1822. Creator: Louis Leopold Boilly

The Movings, 1822. Creator: Louis Leopold Boilly
The Movings, 1822

Background imagePossessions Collection: Thousands Were Suddenly Made Homeless, c1940 (1942)

Thousands Were Suddenly Made Homeless, c1940 (1942). Families made homeless by the blitz of World War II. From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

Background imagePossessions Collection: The War in America: the Confederates quitting Brownsville, Texas..., 1864. Creator: Unknown

The War in America: the Confederates quitting Brownsville, Texas..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: the Confederates quitting Brownsville, Texas, on hearing of the approach of Federal transports, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. A. G. Wedge

Background imagePossessions Collection: The Great Fire at Limoges, France: the public crier announcing the distribution of relief…, 1864

The Great Fire at Limoges, France: the public crier announcing the distribution of relief…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist: the public crier announcing the distribution of relief, 1864

Background imagePossessions Collection: A Village Wedding in the Bavarian Highlands, 1876. Creator: Unknown

A Village Wedding in the Bavarian Highlands, 1876. Creator: Unknown
A Village Wedding in the Bavarian Highlands, 1876. Dowry-Waggon before the Bridegroom's House; Salting the Soup; Marriage Procession...on the eve of the complete celebration

Background imagePossessions Collection: Whittington Resting on Highgate-Hill - from a painting by F. Newnham, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Whittington Resting on Highgate-Hill - from a painting by F. Newnham, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Whittington Resting on Highgate-Hill - from a painting by F. Newnham, 1858. Whether all the wonderful stories which have been told of Whittington and his cat be true or not

Background imagePossessions Collection: Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Fig. 4. Having disposed of his costly garments, the victim next sells his furniture

Background imagePossessions Collection: Les Indesirables; Immobilisee par ses excedents de bagages devant le pont de Kehl, 1918

Les Indesirables; Immobilisee par ses excedents de bagages devant le pont de Kehl, 1918. Creator: Andre Galland
Les Indesirables; Immobilisee par ses excedents de bagages devant le pont de Kehl, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Background imagePossessions Collection: Les Indesirables; Deux 'Strasbourgeois' venus d'Allemagne y retournent, derriere leurs... 1918

Les Indesirables; Deux "Strasbourgeois" venus d'Allemagne y retournent, derriere leurs... 1918
Les Indesirables; Deux "Strasbourgeois" venus d'Allemagne y retournent, derriere leurs colis remorques par un jeune Alsacien, 1918

Background imagePossessions Collection: M. Dupin dans ses petits souliers, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

M. Dupin dans ses petits souliers, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
M. Dupin dans ses petits souliers, 19th century. Mr. Dupin in his little shoes

Background imagePossessions Collection: Leaving Charleston on the city being bombarded, 1866. Creator: Unknown

Leaving Charleston on the city being bombarded, 1866. Creator: Unknown
Leaving Charleston on the city being bombarded, 1866

Ruins at Olney, after the recent fire, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ruins at Olney, after the recent fire, 1854. Aftermath of a fire in Buckinghamshire. The place, as sketched by our Artist, presents a fearful picture of desolation; solitary chimneys and gables

Background imagePossessions Collection: Belongings of Count J.H. Von Bernstorff being removed from the German Embassy, Washington DC, 1917

Belongings of Count J.H. Von Bernstorff being removed from the German Embassy, Washington DC, 1917. First World War: Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff was German ambassador to the United States

Background imagePossessions Collection: Belongings of Count J.H. Von Bernstorff being removed from the German Embassy, Washington DC, 1917

Belongings of Count J.H. Von Bernstorff being removed from the German Embassy, Washington DC, 1917. First World War: Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff was German ambassador to the United States

Background imagePossessions Collection: Belongings of Count J.H. Von Bernstorff being removed from the German Embassy, Washington DC, 1917

Belongings of Count J.H. Von Bernstorff being removed from the German Embassy, Washington DC, 1917. First World War: Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff was German ambassador to the United States

Background imagePossessions Collection: Belongings of Count J.H. Von Bernstorff being removed from the German Embassy, Washington DC, 1917

Belongings of Count J.H. Von Bernstorff being removed from the German Embassy, Washington DC, 1917. First World War: Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff was German ambassador to the United States

Background imagePossessions Collection: Belongings of Count J.H. Von Bernstorff being removed from the German Embassy, Washington DC, 1917

Belongings of Count J.H. Von Bernstorff being removed from the German Embassy, Washington DC, 1917. First World War: Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff was German ambassador to the United States

Background imagePossessions Collection: Itinerant worker on U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Itinerant worker on U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California. Itinerant worker. Not the old "Bindle-Stiff" type

Background imagePossessions Collection: Car of drought refugee on edge of carrot field in the Coachella Valley, California, 1937

Car of drought refugee on edge of carrot field in the Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Car of drought refugee on edge of carrot field in the Coachella Valley. California

Background imagePossessions Collection: Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California, 1936

Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California. Note: the photographer passed twenty-eight cars of this type while driving thirty-five miles between 9:00 and 9

Background imagePossessions Collection: Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Background imagePossessions Collection: Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Background imagePossessions Collection: Drought refugees stopped at inspection station on the California-Arizona state line, 1937

Drought refugees stopped at inspection station on the California-Arizona state line, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees stopped at inspection station on the California-Arizona state line to have their baggage examined for plant pests 4

Background imagePossessions Collection: Drought refugees are stopped at the inspection station in Yuma, Arizona, 1937

Drought refugees are stopped at the inspection station in Yuma, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees are stopped at the inspection station in Yuma, Arizona, to have their baggage inspected for plant pests before they are allowed to enter California

Missouri family of five on U.S. Highway 99 near Tracy, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area, on U.S. Highway 99 near Tracy, California

Background imagePossessions Collection: Migrant worker on California highway, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant worker on California highway, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant worker on California highway

Background imagePossessions Collection: Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California. Penniless refugees from dust bowl. Twenty-two in family, thirty-nine evictions, now encamped near Bakersfield without shelter

Background imagePossessions Collection: Roadside camp near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Roadside camp near Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Roadside camp near Bakersfield, California. "Come to California." The worldly posessions of refugees from Texas dust, drought and depression

Drought refugee's car on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee's car on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California. Note: the photographer passed twenty-eight cars of this type (drought refugees)

Background imagePossessions Collection: Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese relocation, California. Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry at an assembly center in Salinas, California, prior to a War Relocation Authority center

Background imagePossessions Collection: Depression refugee family from Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrived in California June 1936, 1936

Depression refugee family from Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrived in California June 1936, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Depression refugee family from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Arrived in California June 1936. Mother and three half-grown children; no father. "Anybody as wants to work can get by

Background imagePossessions Collection: To serve the crops of California, thousands of families live on wheels, near Bakersfield, CA, 1936

To serve the crops of California, thousands of families live on wheels, near Bakersfield, CA, 1936
To serve the crops of California, thousands of families live on wheels. Near Bakersfield, California

Background imagePossessions Collection: Cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton camp near Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton camp near Exeter, California. The woman is a native of California

Background imagePossessions Collection: Itinerant worker, Fort Worth, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Itinerant worker, Fort Worth, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Itinerant worker. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imagePossessions Collection: Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of father's ill health

Background imagePossessions Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people

Background imagePossessions Collection: Family walking on highway, five children, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family walking on highway, five children, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family walking on highway, five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahoma. Bound for Krebs, Oklahoma. Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

Background imagePossessions Collection: Migrant agricultural labor family, refugees from Texas, near Wasco, California, 1938

Migrant agricultural labor family, refugees from Texas, near Wasco, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural labor family. Tenant farmer with six children, refugees from Texas, near Wasco, California. "People just can't make it back there with drought, hailstorms, windstorms

Background imagePossessions Collection: Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country, Northern Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country, Northern Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country. Northern Florida

Background imagePossessions Collection: Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country, North Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country, North Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country. North Florida

Background imagePossessions Collection: A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia. The father repairs sewing machines, lawn mowers, etc. He is leaving Macon

Background imagePossessions Collection: A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia. The father repairs sewing machines, lawn mowers, etc. He is leaving Macon

Background imagePossessions Collection: One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California

Background imagePossessions Collection: Stranded in southern California, , 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Stranded in southern California, , 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stranded in southern California. Belongings of Oklahoma drought refugees camped alongside the road

Background imagePossessions Collection: Family...from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car... Arizona, 1937

Family...from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car... Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of nine from near Fort Smith, Arkansas, on their way to try to find work in the California harvests. Between Yuma and Phoenix, Arizona

Background imagePossessions Collection: Family...from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car... Arizona, 1937

Family...from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car... Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of nine from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car on road between Phoenix and Yuma, Arizona. On their way to try to find work in the California harvests

Background imagePossessions Collection: Family of drought refugees on US 99 near Bakersfield, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family of drought refugees on US 99 near Bakersfield, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of drought refugees on U.S. 99 near Bakersfield, California



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