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.
Girl on wagon
Children play outside barn
Boy walks down dirt path
Boy stands in front of white barn
Boy in front of wheat field
Boys in wheat field
Boy stands in front of barn
Boy looks at field
Boy walks toward barn
Boy standing in front of wheat field
Girl in buggy
Girl leans out of buggy