Hoffnungsfeld (Menno Colony, Paraguay)

Hoffnungsfeld: warehouse beside embankment

CA MHC 713-BK5-140
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The photo shows a warehouse in Hoffnungsfeld located beside an embankment. The warehouse is surrounded by a log and barbed wire fence.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

Hoffnungsfeld: camp during an exploration trip

CA MHC 713-BK5-142
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The photo shows the camp during an exploration trip near Hoffnungsfeld. A tent-like shelter has been set up in a grassy area. There are several horses laden with supplies and a couple of men in the picture.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

Hoffnungsfeld: harvesting beans

CA MHC 713-BK5-183
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The photo shows six people harvesting beans in a large field in Hoffnungsfeld.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

Hoffnungsfeld: experimental field of onions

CA MHC 713-BK5-185
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The photo shows a man standing in an experimental field of onions in Hoffnungsfeld. Behind the onions is a row of young banana trees.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

Hoffnungsfeld: a field of beans from Canada

CA MHC 713-BK5-187
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The photo shows a man standing in the middle of a field of beans in Hoffnungsfeld. The seeds came from Canada.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

Hoffnungsfeld: field of ordinary beans (cow peas)

CA MHC 713-BK5-191
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The photo shows a man standing in the middle of a field of ordinary beans (cowpeas) in Hoffnungsfeld. The Chaco bush is seen in the distance beyond the field.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

Hoffnungsfeld: field of elephant grass

CA MHC 713-BK5-192
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The photo shows a man standing in the middle of a field of elephant grass in Hoffnungsfeld.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

[Hoffnungsfeld: field of cotton]

CA MHC 713-BK5-238
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The photo shows several people working in the field of cotton in Hoffnungsfeld.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

[Hoffnungsfeld: harvesting peanuts?]

CA MHC 713-BK5-239
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The photo shows the harvesting of peanuts in Hoffnungsfeld. The peanuts are being loaded onto a wagon pulled by a team of oxen. Several people are gathering the peanut plants and passing them to the man on the wagon responsible for loading. The field is surrounded by log and barbed wire fencing.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

[Hoffnungsfeld: garden structure]

CA MHC 713-BK5-240
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The photo shows a garden structure in Hoffnungsfeld. This structure, which is also pictured in BK5-236, is made of wooden poles and branches.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, the monument of the first delegation in the year 1921."

CA MHC 713-BK1-006 copy
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The photo shows a man standing beside the monument of the first delegation of settlers in 1921 at Hoffnungsfeld. [The initials A E appear to be carved into the monument.?] The surrounding area is scrub vegetation with the Chaco bush in the background.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, the entrance to the plantation from the west."

CA MHC 713-BK1-007 copy
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The photo shows the dirt road western entrance to the plantation at Hoffnungsfeld, with the Chaco bush in the background.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, carrying poles."

CA MHC 713-BK1-011 copy
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The photo shows two indigenous men transporting poles on a primitive cart with wooden wheels across grassland at Hoffnungsfeld. The bush is in the background.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

Hoffnungsfeld, a parcel of peanuts.

CA MHC 713-BK1-017
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The photo shows a man holding a peanut plant and standing between rows on a parcel of land producing peanuts. The area is surrounded by a barbed wire fence beyond which is the Chaco bush.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

Hoffnungsfeld, Indians cleaning Quebracho trees.

CA MHC 713-BK1-021
Item
[between 1926-1929]

Part of Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection

The picture shows two indigenous men cleaning Quebracho tree trunks in Hoffnungsfeld. A third man appears to be working on a plank beside the warehouse which burned in January 1929. This area is surrounded by the Chaco bush.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

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