On the Pennsylvania Dutch Country Auctions

Oh, and then I did a series of pictures about the time on the country auction, in the Dutch country. And that was very interesting. Then I concentrated mostly on faces, the Pennsylvania Dutch. You know, this part of the country has a lot of auctions, farm auctions, and in the '60s and early '70s, there was a lot of farm auctions. When they would advertise a farm, it gave you the opportunity to roam around people's farms and see their sheds and see the people who are there, and who owned it. . . . There was so many beautiful farms and so many beautiful people. All the older people, the expressions you would get, and their dress, and the way they reacted to auctions, generally.

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Oral History: At about the same time George Harvan was photographing the Amish, he also attended a great many auctions in Southern and South Eastern Pennsylvania. His photographs of those farm auctions follow.

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DATE ADDED: 2010-07-30 16:06:18

COLLECTION: Amish and Country Auctions, late 1950s-1960s

ITEM TYPE: Oral History

CITATION: "On the Pennsylvania Dutch Country Auctions," in Miner's Son, Miners' Photographer:, Item #435, https://chnm.gmu.edu/harvan/items/show/435 (accessed February 1, 2022).

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Interview with Harvan
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Amish and Country Auctions
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