Storm Cellar Collection

Storm cellar on the Texas plains, West Texas Panhandle, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Storm cellar on the Texas plains. West Texas Panhandle

Potato cellar in the Klamath Basin... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato cellar in the Klamath Basin in which 4000 one hundred-pound sacks will be stored. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Mrs. Wardlow bakes her own bread in her dugout house, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
Mrs. Wardlow bakes her own bread in her dugout house. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Wardlow baking corn bread in her dugout basement home, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Wardlow baking corn bread in her dugout basement home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Botners storage cellar on Botner farm, Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Botners storage cellar on Botner farm. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon]

Storage cellar on Botner farm, Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Storage cellar on Botner farm. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon

The youngest Wardlow boy copies out a recipe for his mother, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The youngest Wardlow boy copies out a recipe for his mother. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Free in doorway of her basement dugout home, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Free in doorway of her basement dugout home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mr. and Mrs. Wardlow at entrance to their dugout basement home, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mr. and Mrs. Wardlow at entrance to their dugout basement home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mr. and Mrs. Wardlow at entrance to their dugout... home, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
Mr. and Mrs. Wardlow at entrance to their dugout basement home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Home of Free family who had lived in Beaver County... Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
Home of Free family who had lived in Beaver County, Oklahoma, for thirty years. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

The Free children in doorway of their home in Sunday clothes, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Free children in doorway of their home in Sunday clothes. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

The Wardlow family in their dugout basement home on Sunday, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Wardlow family in their dugout basement home on Sunday. The youngest boy copies out a recipe for his mother. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Entrance to Mr. and Mrs. Wardlows dugout basement home, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Entrance to Mr. and Mrs. Wardlows dugout basement home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Home of Free family who had lived in Beaver... Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of Free family who had lived in Beaver County, Oklahoma, for thirty years. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Wardlow, Friends church (Quaker), Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Wardlow after church services at the Friends church (Quaker). Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon]

All the members of the congregation, Friends church (Quaker), Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
All the members of the congregation. Friends church (Quaker). Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Wardlow after church services, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Wardlow after church services. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Friends church (Quaker), Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Friends church (Quaker), Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. The entire family after Sunday morning services. Preacher is a young farmer. Man at left holding baby

Interior of Dougherty basement house, Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Interior of Dougherty basement house. Mrs. Dougherty thinks it useless to put in screens since the house has so many cracks. [Note flies]. Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Hull drying corn, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Hull drying corn. She hopes to sell enough to help her son through Bible school. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Hull in one-room dugout basement home, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Hull in one-room dugout basement home (note blackboard.) " I wanted a blackboard for a long time for my Bible verses, to keep them in our mind

Mrs. Hull and corner of her one-room basement dugout, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
Mrs. Hull and corner of her one-room basement dugout. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. [Note L. & H. Economy stove]

Corner of Roberts one-room basement dugout, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Corner of Roberts one-room basement dugout. Malheur County, Oregon

Storage cellar, typical of area, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Storage cellar, typical of area. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Two-year old barn, sage bush thatched (name: Hull), Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Two-year old barn, sage bush thatched (name: Hull). Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Wardlow has 500 quarts of food in her dugout cellar, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon
Mrs. Wardlow has 500 quarts of food in her dugout cellar. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Wardlow getting dinner after church in her basement... Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Wardlow getting dinner after church in her basement dugout home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. [Note plates upside down to prevent contamination by flies]

Congregation leaving after services, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Congregation leaving after services. Preacher in doorway. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

The Dazey place, Homedale district, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Dazey place. Homedale district, Malheur County, Oregon. [Outside toilet and storm cellar]

Mrs. Botner arranging her storage cellar, Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Botner arranging her storage cellar. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon

Interior of Mrs. Botners storage cellar, Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Interior of Mrs. Botners storage cellar. 800 quarts of " food for the winter." " I miss my chickens so, but we re just not fixed for chickens or hogs yet." Nyssa Heights

The Hulls have a piano in their one-room basement house, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
The Hulls have a piano in their one-room basement house. Daughter plays for the church every Sunday. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Abode basement dugout house on Roberts farm, Willow Creek area, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abode [adobe?] basement dugout house on Roberts farm. Willow Creek area. Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Hull closing up the cellar which she has well-filled, Dead Ox Flat, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Hull closing up the cellar which she has well-filled. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Friends basement church built May, 1939, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Friends basement church built May, 1939. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping