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 boy at market
Amish boy with flowers
Amish children with flowers
Amish girl putting cantaloupes in buggy
Two Amish boys with open buggy
Amish boy next to buggy
Boy on swing near clothesline
Boy in tall grass
Boy carrying box uphill
Boy carrying box and bag
Children with horse
Amish boy and girl