Anna (Neufeld) Tiessen's brother, Peter Neufeld, is likely among this group of students. The building strongly resembles the Halbstadt Zentralschule built in 1895.

Street view of Zentralschule, 13 hitching posts line the front yard.

A front view of the Zentralschule in Halbstadt

Some of the Fehderau family in their 7-seater Opel automobile. From left to right: Manja, Father Fehderau, Peter (behind the wheel), Nicholas J. Fehderau, and Jascha.

Nicholas J. Fehderau with his older sister, Tina, in the garden facing Zentraljnana Strasse. An iron fence surrounded the property. The family pet dog, “Scharik” is on Tina’s lap.

Nicholas J. Fehderau seated in the middle with a friend seated next to him and his older brother, Jascha, standing to the right.

Nicholas J. Fehderau mounted on his beloved pony, “Krolik”, with the coachhouse in the background. “Krolik” means ‘pet rabbit’.

A photo of the outside of the home given to Willm's daughter in Halbstadt.

This is a photo of the outside Willms factory in Halbstadt.

27 young women pose for photographer

This is a photo of a tall, 4-5 storey building, identified as the H.H. Willms mill in Halbstadt, Molotschna, Russia. The entrance from the street to the yard is shown with a Russian sign bearing the company name H.H. Willms & Co. It is a summer scene, with a row of trees lining the low fence.

This is a photo of a group of 13 men and women, and two children, seated outside on benches on either side of a long table decked with a fancy tablecloth and fine china enjoying "Faspa", possibly. Arthur Slagel has identified this group as Halbstadt teachers. Nellie Dyck, wearing a light blouse, is seated at the far left end, beside the boy. At the right is H. Dyck and Arthur Slagel, 3rd from front.

This is a photo of a group of teachers, men and women, and two children in two rows on a brick deck at the doorway of a brick building, possibly the Halbstadt school. There are also four children seated at the top of the steps. No one has been identified.

This is a photo of a woman standing by a sod house (semlin), which was a building dug into the ground. It had a low construction with a straw roof, makeshift entrance and interesting chimney. Slagel describes it as "The hut of a Russian squatter in Halbstadt Volost. These people are crowding in between the Mennonite villages by the hundreds."