This is a photo of the Isaak Regehr family. Mr. Regehr was a teacher and minister in the Mennonite Brethren Church. [HR 118]

This is a photo of Raymond Duck of Bloodvein River, Manitoba, playing guitar and singing the Saultaux version of "In the sweet
by and by" to a small group at a Mennonite Pioneer Mission Seminar including (left) Peter G. Sawatzky and (centre) Henry Neufeld.

Six well-dressed men with musical instruments (guitar, banjo, string bass, violin, clarinet, cello). Top left: Peter R. Abrams (later the store owner in Osler, Saskatchewan). Inscription on back: "Zum Weihnachtsgeschenk fuer Gerhard Rempel von Peter R. Abrams. 1901." (trans. Given as a Christmas gift to Gerhard Rempel from Peter R. Abram...)

Six women and a man with their musical instruments -- a flute, a violin, a harp several guitars. Included in the group are Sara Enns (2nd from the left playing the violin) and Marie Tiessen (who married Jacob Rempel in 1912) (far left, wearing the white apron sitting in front of Sara and holding the flute).

This is a photo of (left) Jakob Dyck, leader of the "Tent-mission". He and his co-workers were brutally murdered. Next to him is his friend, Ernst Gosemann, from Germany. 1912. [HR 161]

This photograph shows a group of 11 men and 13 ladies from Steinbach, MB, 5 with musical instruments, posed outside around 1914. Persons are identified as listed under a copy of this photograph in Refelections on our heritage, a history of Steinbach and the R.M. of Hanover from 1874 by Abe Warkentin, page 89. Starting from front row seated l-r, Row 1: Mrs. Henry T. Reimer, Mrs. C.T. Loewen, Isaac T. Loewen, Peter S. Rempel, Miss Elizabeth Friesen, Mrs. C.K. Friesen, Mrs. Margaret Woodward (nee Guenther); Row 2: Mrs. P.B. Reimer, Mrs. Groening, Miss Agnes Reimer, Mrs. J.S. Rempel, Mrs. John F. Giesbrecht, Mrs. Peter T. Toews, Mrs. John Friesen, Mrs. George G. Goossen; Row 4: standing, Jacob H.W. Reimer, Jacob A. Reimer, K.R. Barkman, C.F. Barkman, Abram Fast, John P. Friesen, C.T. Kroeker, Simon Sobering, George D. Goossen.

Three young men are sitting on a log holding instruments. The first one is holding a violin and bow, the middle one, Peter Peters 1905, is holding guitar and the one on the right is holding a mandolin. They are wearing similar clothing, dark shirts and pants, high boots and caps. They are workers in the Forstei

John H. Wieler (neighbour) in the S.E. upstairs bedroom with David G. Epp's violin, while David G. Epp is playing a guitar. A leather razor strap for sharpening straight razors for shaving can be seen. Beside the calendar where the mirror is, are two elastic arms bands used to hold up long sleeve shirt sleeves.

Heinrich Ketler1869-1952 and wife Aganetha Epp 1871-1928 family. Standing: Agatha, Johann, George, Peter. Sitting: Maria Schmidt (Mrs. George Ketler) and son Johann , probably Sara, mother Aganetha, father Herinich, Susanna. Agatha and Peter are playing guitars. Mother Aganetha as well as Maria, Sara and Susanna are holding flowers. All the women are wearing dark dresses except Susanna who is wearing a striped dress. They are sitting outside in front of a barn. Generation 1,2 & 3 of Peter Ketler Ancestry Display (Gen 1 Peter ,Gen 2 Heinrich who married ? Driedger) Heinrich Ketler 1869 also had a son Heinrich b. 1895. 2 daughter died in infancy.
This Ketler family moved to Kronsweide and Neuendorf, Russia from Prussia, Descendants lived in Gruenfeld, Steinfeld and then Glenbush SK, Herbert SK, Steinbach MB.

This is a photo of the choir of the village Wohldemfuerst, Caucasia, 1930. Many of these individuals were sent into exile and all of them are scattered far and wide. [HR 210]

This is a photo of the string orchestra of the students of the Chortitza Teacher Training Institute in the year 1937. [HR 214] (N:353)

In this photograph a group of men are standing in front of a National Forestry Programme tent. As listed on the photograph (from left to right) the men are: F. Driedger, E. Janzen, J. Klassen, F. Rempel, J. Schroeder, Henry Sawatzky, F. Thiesen, D. Loeppky, W. Rempel. In this photograph F. Rempel stands holding a guitar. The men are posed informally and are wearing nice clothes. This photo was taken at Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park. This photograph also has a second copy, which is an enlarged version of the original.

In this photo ten men are sitting on their beds inside of a National Forestry Programme tent. Several of them are holding musical instruments, including a guitar, violin, accordion and a mandolin or ukulele. The men are dressed nicely and all look towards the camera. This photograph was taken at the C.O. camp at Clear Lake.

Man playing a guitar while sitting on an adobe wall