The American Experience documentary The Amish portrays Old Order Amish people and communities in North America. They are a distinctive Christian subculture that traces its roots to the 16th ...

Occasionally, Amish people did have their photos taken ... But by the time photography became popular in America in the mid-19th century and photographers and researchers armed with cameras ...

This starkly contrasts with the average American family ... “And there were Amish people here in Lancaster … who were looking for land, and they were in touch with agricultural realtors ...