This collection consists of selected images taken by East Petersburg, Pennsylvania photographer Dennis L. Hughes of Amish life and culture in the United States with a special emphasis on the Amish in Lancaster County. Images date from the 1980s through the early 2000s. Hughes first became interested in the Amish when he was a young boy growing up in Lewistown, Pennsylvania near the Big Valley area. The physical collection housed in the Hess Archives contains over 18,000 images, primarily color slides. Subjects include buggy styles, agricultural work, mud sales, Amish schools, Amish children, and more. The collection includes photographs taken for Dr. Donald Kraybill’s books Amish Enterprise and The Riddle of Amish Culture.
Amish men walking into tent
Amish and non-Amish men talk at mud sale
Amish and non-Amish men talking
Two Amish men and young girl at mud sale
Amish boy standing in front of tent
Non-Amish women at mud sale
Amish woman at mud sale
Amish woman inspecting buggies at mud sale
Amish woman looking at buggies
Amish woman examines buggies at mud sale