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.
Digging a grave
Moon over Amish farm
Stone barn
Amish farmhouse
Amish boy raking hay
Amish farmhouse with windmills
Phone shanty
Amish farmer harvesting wheat
Young men playing four corner ball
Amish boy in wheat field
Amish boy working in wheat field
Making shocks of wheat