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Displacement Collection

"Displacement: A Journey Through Time and Space" In the midst of chaos and uncertainty, the concept takes on various forms

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Jewish Refugee, Vienna, by David Jagger, 1938

Jewish Refugee, Vienna, by David Jagger, 1938
Portrait of a woman, in striped headscarf

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Continental drift maps

Continental drift maps
Reconstruction of the map of the world for three periods according to the Displacement Theory. Figs 1-2 from The Origin of Continents and Oceans (1924) by Alfred Wegener

Background imageDisplacement Collection: USS Intrepid aircraft carrier

USS Intrepid aircraft carrier moored on the Hudson River, New York. It is now the Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Growth of the submarine by G. H. Davis

Growth of the submarine by G. H. Davis
The growth of the submarine from 1901 to 1912. In chronological order, they are: 1901-2 Holland Class, 1903-5 A Class, 1904-6 B Class, 1906-9 C Class, 1911 D Class and 1912 E Class

Background imageDisplacement Collection: When the Hot Water Tap Runs Cold

When the Hot Water Tap Runs Cold
Ingenious invention for improving the level of bath water, especially when hot water runs out, whereby the occupant inflates a large balloon to order to displace water and raise the level

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Gen Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian Camp in the US, near Pine... c1891

Gen Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian Camp in the US, near Pine... c1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Gen Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian Camp in the US, near Pine Ridge,s Dak, Jan 16, 1891, c1891. Seven military men on horseback viewing a Lakota camp from a distant hillside

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Villa of Brule, c1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill

Villa of Brule, c1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Villa of Brule, c1891. A Lakota tipi camp near Pine Ridge, in background; horses at White Clay Creek watering hole, in the foreground

Background imageDisplacement Collection: HMS Courageous

HMS Courageous
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous (pennant number 50'), in August 1938. HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Cunard White Star, Lancastria deck plan

Cunard White Star, Lancastria deck plan with statistics

Background imageDisplacement Collection: HMS Courageous, aircraft carrier

HMS Courageous, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous, an aircraft carrier, (formerly a battle-cruiser). HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World

Background imageDisplacement Collection: HMS Courageous - Fleet aircraft carrier

HMS Courageous - Fleet aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous, a Courageous-class battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by First Sea Lord John Fisher

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Moroccan civilians on the Green March

Moroccan civilians on the Green March
A road is filled with trucks and buses carrying Moroccan civilian men into Western Sahara to take part in the Green March, a mass demonstration of 350, 000 people organised by King Hassan II

Background imageDisplacement Collection: The Expulsion (oil on panel)

The Expulsion (oil on panel)
471390 The Expulsion (oil on panel) by Groux, Charles de (called Degroux) (1825-70); 97x142 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Pregnant woman, the daughter of a migrant family, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Pregnant woman, the daughter of a migrant family, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pregnant woman, the daughter of a migrant family. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: One of migratory family in FSA labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

One of migratory family in FSA labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor camp. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Daughter of migratory family in FSA labor camp, Calpatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Daughter of migratory family in FSA labor camp, Calpatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Daughter of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor camp. Calpatria, Imperial Valley, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Young migrant mother... FSA emergency camp, Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Young migrant mother... FSA emergency camp, Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young migrant mother who lives in one of the tents. California. Farm Security Administration (FSA) emergency camp. Calipatria. [Note upturned pea-picking basket used as a seat]

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Son-in law of migratory family in FSA labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Son-in law of migratory family in FSA labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Son-in law of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor camp. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: FSA emergency migratory labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

FSA emergency migratory labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Calipatria, Imperial Valley. In FSA (Farm Security Administration) emergency migratory labor camp. Left Oklahoma December 11, 1937 with husband and two children and son-in-law

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Bean pickers tent, one of fourteen in a group... near West Stayton Marion County, Oregon, 1939

Bean pickers tent, one of fourteen in a group... near West Stayton Marion County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bean pickers tent, one of fourteen in a group on growers property, adjoining the bean field. Near West Stayton Marion County, Oregon

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Squatter camp before season opens, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp before season opens, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp before season opens. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplacement Collection: One of the forty potato camps in open field... Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

One of the forty potato camps in open field... Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Families camped on flat before season opens waiting... near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Families camped on flat before season opens waiting... near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Families camped on flat before season opens waiting for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) mobile unit to open. No sanitation, no water. Near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplacement Collection: One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Potato workers camp, no tents, waiting for... Outskirts of Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Potato workers camp, no tents, waiting for... Outskirts of Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Outskirts of Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. Potato workers camp, no tents, waiting for farm family labor camp (FSA - Farm Security Administration) to open

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Squatter camp in potato town, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp in potato town, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp in potato town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Families camped on flat before season opens... near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Families camped on flat before season opens... near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Families camped on flat before season opens, waiting for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) mobile unit to open. No sanitation, no water. Near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Squatter camp entering potato town, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp entering potato town, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp entering potato town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Young family on ditch bank, waiting to enter... camp (FSA), Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Young family on ditch bank, waiting to enter... camp (FSA), Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Young family on ditch bank, waiting to enter farm family labor camp (FSA - Farm Security Administration). They came from North Dakota, have young baby

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Farm boys from western Nebraska, now migrating farm workers... Merrill, Oregon, 1939

Farm boys from western Nebraska, now migrating farm workers... Merrill, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm boys from western Nebraska, now migrating farm workers on the Pacific Coast. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Migratory family, come to Klamath Basin for potato harvest... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Migratory family, come to Klamath Basin for potato harvest... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon
Migratory family, come to Klamath Basin for potato harvest, moving into tent in the new mobile unit. (FSA - Farm Security Administration). Tents are provided. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplacement Collection: One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town, Malin, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
One of the forty potato camps in open field, entering town. Malin, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Manager of mobile unit (FSA), on day camp opened... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Manager of mobile unit (FSA), on day camp opened... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Manager of mobile unit (FSA - Farm Security Administration) on day camp opened, in registration tent. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplacement Collection: We made good money in the cherries this year, FSA unit, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

We made good money in the cherries this year, FSA unit, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
We made good money in the cherries this year. From then on we made just beans. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. Woman in mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Shows pickers tents, power unit and shower bath... FSA camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Shows pickers tents, power unit and shower bath... FSA camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon
Shows pickers tents, power unit and shower bath unit beyond. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp

Background imageDisplacement Collection: This family came to the potato harvest after the... FSA camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

This family came to the potato harvest after the... FSA camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon
This family came to the potato harvest after the Oregon hop harvest. In FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp unit. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Migrant children, FSA mobile camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant children, FSA mobile camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant children, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In unit of FS (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Young mother, aged twenty-two... FSA mobile camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Young mother, aged twenty-two... FSA mobile camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl three years old. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. New baby expected in December

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl... FSA, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl... FSA, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Young mother, aged twenty-two, has one little girl three years old. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In mobile unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. New baby expected in December

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Family of six in tent after supper, FSA mobile unit, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Family of six in tent after supper, FSA mobile unit, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of six in tent after supper. Came to potato harvest after father was laid off of WPA (Work Projects Administration) in Boise, Idaho. Oldest child is twelve. Little boy has dysentery

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Migratory field workers at 5 a. m. waiting in the carrot field to hold a place to work, 1939

Migratory field workers at 5 a. m. waiting in the carrot field to hold a place to work, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory field workers at 5 a.m. waiting in the carrot field to hold a place to work, which starts at 8 a.m

Background imageDisplacement Collection: In FSA migratory labor camp, Sinclair Ranch, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

In FSA migratory labor camp, Sinclair Ranch, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Family, mother, father and eleven children, originally from Oklahoma, where he had been a tenant farmer

Background imageDisplacement Collection: House in camp of carrot pullers, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

House in camp of carrot pullers, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
House in camp of carrot pullers. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Children of migratory pea pickers in Brawley camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Children of migratory pea pickers in Brawley camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of migratory pea pickers in Brawley camp. California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Migratory family arriving at growers camp for pickers, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Migratory family arriving at growers camp for pickers, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family arriving at growers camp for pickers. Car bears Wyoming license, the probable state of origin of the family. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the roads leading into Calipatria, Imperial County, California

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Migrant man shaving by roadside, on U. S. 99 between Bakersfield and the Ridge, 1939

Migrant man shaving by roadside, on U. S. 99 between Bakersfield and the Ridge, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On U.S. 99 between Bakersfield and the Ridge, en route to San Diego. Migrant man shaving by roadside

Background imageDisplacement Collection: Housing of migratory field workers (Mexican)... near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Housing of migratory field workers (Mexican)... near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Housing of migratory field workers (Mexican) across road from Farm Security Administration camp (FSA). Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California



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"Displacement: A Journey Through Time and Space" In the midst of chaos and uncertainty, the concept takes on various forms, transcending boundaries and leaving an indelible mark on history. From the Jewish refugees fleeing Vienna in 1938 to the continental drift maps revealing Earth's ever-changing surface, this caption explores the profound impact of displacement. David Jagger's poignant painting "Jewish Refugee, Vienna" captures a moment frozen in time, depicting a soul torn from its homeland. The pain etched upon their faces echoes throughout history as countless individuals have been uprooted from their homes due to political turmoil or persecution. Just as continents shift over millennia, so too does humanity adapt to new circumstances. The USS Intrepid aircraft carrier stands tall as a symbol of resilience amidst turbulent seas – a testament to human ingenuity in times of displacement. G. H. Davis' depiction of submarine growth showcases how technology has evolved alongside our understanding of displacement. As we delve deeper into uncharted waters, these vessels become both refuge and instrument for exploration. Yet not all displacements occur at sea; sometimes they manifest within our everyday lives. When the hot water tap runs cold unexpectedly, we are reminded that even mundane disruptions can cause temporary disarray – an inconsequential but relatable form of displacement. The HMS Courageous serves as another example; once a mighty fleet aircraft carrier during World War II, it now rests beneath ocean waves after meeting its tragic fate. Its story intertwines with that of Cunard White Star's Lancastria deck plan – both vessels carrying passengers displaced by war yet destined for different outcomes. As Moroccan civilians embarked on the Green March towards Western Sahara seeking self-determination, they became agents of change through peaceful means – illustrating how collective action can redefine borders and challenge established norms without resorting to violence. G. H. Davis' comparison between Aquitania and Vaterland highlights how ships themselves can be displaced, repurposed, or even lost to history.