Dorothea Lange

Supported by government programs and new picture magazines like LIFE, Dorothea Lange and other photographers of the 1930s and '40s created an indelible record of everyday life in difficult times. The Great Depression caused many photographers to consider the camera as an instrument of social change. Foremost among this group was Berkeley photographer Dorothea Lange, whose intimate pictures of people in distress were driven by a deep personal empathy. She continued her intensely personal work after the Depression, creating series on the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II, Irish country life, and postwar suburban California, among many other projects. The Oakland Museum of California houses Lange’s personal archive, a gift from the artist that includes 25,000 negatives, 6,000 vintage prints, field notes, and personal memorabilia. Curators and researchers from around the world visit the Museum to access the Lange collection.

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Pledge of Allegiance\|One Nation Indivisible\|One Nation Indivisible, San Francisco\|Pledge of Allegiance at Rafael Weill Elementary School a Few Weeks Prior to Evacuation, San Francisco Dorothea Lange 20-Apr-42	Two Native American Women Dorothea Lange 1923-1931
Hopi Indian Man Dorothea Lange 1920S Evidently this is Dorothea Lange's personal duplicate negative. This negative has been assigned this number so that we can get the image on the video disc. When the actual negatives are taken...	GIRL & CORNSTALK Dorothea Lange c.1930
HANDS, MAYNARD and DAN DIXON Dorothea Lange c. 1930	Maynard Dixon at His Easel Dorothea Lange 1920
Maynard Dixon in the Southwest Dorothea Lange 1920 This duplicate negative has been assigned this number because it appears next to .5892 in Contact Sheets vol. 2 --when the actual negative is removed from cold storage it may be assigned a...	Defender\|Attorney Interviews his Client Dorothea Lange 1957
Cable Car, S.F. Dorothea Lange 1956	Portrait of Andrew Furuseth, labor leader Dorothea Lange 1934 The original negative is probably in cold storage -the accession number may be changed later. It has been assigned this number to get the image on the video disc.
Shipyard End of Shift at Yard 1 Dorothea Lange Sep-43 Handwritten on negative envelope: "Shipyard End of Day Shift at Yard 1 Sept, 1943"	Dude Martin Hillbilly Trio Dorothea Lange c.1942
Work People Dorothea Lange ca. 1943 Handwritten on negative envelope: "New California - note People scattering after work & Race relations around yards"	McDonald Street Items Dorothea Lange CA. 1942
Macdonald, Miscellaneous Street Items\|Woman Standing in front of Richmond Cafe Dorothea Lange ca. 1942 Handwritten on negative envelope: "Macdonald Miscellaneous Street Items Contains 1 good "Conversation" Refer to #6 Richmond" Note written in Catalog Sheet Volume 5: "-...	P. Wallen Portrait, San Francisco Dorothea Lange 1930
Wallen Portrait, San Francisco Dorothea Lange 1930	Drought, Oklahoma\|Drought Scenes in Okla. Dorothea Lange 1938 This is one of a strip of two negatives cataloged as 67.137.38196.4 and .5
Oklahoma family on the road\|Family on the Road Dorothea Lange 1938	Elm Grove - another pocket of destitution, like Scratch Hill.\|Elm Grove Dorothea Lange ca. 1938
Killing Time & Restaurant Segregation Dorothea Lange 1938 Note in Catalog Sheet Colume 4 page 40 reads: "-the screen hanging down over the counter separates the service area for white & black customers" This is one of a strip of two negatives...	Mississippi Cotton\|1.) Water Boy, Mississippi Delta 2.) Cotton Farm Dorothea Lange 1938
Hoeing Dorothea Lange ca. 1938 Original in FSA Note in Proof Sheet Volume 29 reads: "See also, Hoeing, EXODUS #38218"	Untitled Dorothea Lange ca. 1958 Note in Catalog Sheet Volume 11 reads: