California

Henry J. Martens (front row center on one knee) with members of his excursion to Kern County, California. Participants in the excursion came to California to see land that Martens was promoting for settlement.

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Henry J. Martens with Henry Hodel, Gustav Weyand, and P. B. Harms

US MLA M190-M190-0002
Item
1909

Part of Regina Becker Collection

Photo appears to be taken in a studio designed to mimic a beach setting. The three men with Martens may have been his business associates and involved in organizing Martens' land excursions to California.

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Henry Martens excursionists visiting southern California, August 1909.

US MLA M190-M190-0003
Item
1909

Part of Regina Becker Collection

Members of a Henry J. Martens excursion in August 1909 visiting an unidentified mission-style building in southern California. These excursions were intended to promote land for sale by Martens in Kern County.

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Jacob H. Klassen and his monoplane

US MLA P-0134
Item
1910

Jacob H. Klassen and his monoplane with two other unidentified men in the Los Angeles area, 1910

Unknown

Vineyards covered with water

CA MAO XV-19.3-1994-14-2157
Item
1969

Part of The Canadian Mennonite photograph collection

Note on back: Vineyards covered with water due to rain that saturated the soil. First in a series of photos taken in March; continues to 1994-14.2160. See art. in CM 17-6-1; 17-7-1; 17-9-1 re. MDS unit in S. Cal.

Wingert, Norman A., 1898-1987

Another example of canal-bank breaks

CA MAO XV-19.3-1994-14-2158
Item
1969

Part of The Canadian Mennonite photograph collection

Note on back: "Another example of canal-bank breaks." A flooded field in S. Cal. where flooding due to heavy rains gave MDS units their first major operation in four years (see CM 17-9-1).

Wingert, Norman A., 1898-1987

Streets are natural channels for the surplus waters

CA MAO XV-19.3-1994-14-2159
Item
1969

Part of The Canadian Mennonite photograph collection

Note on back: "Streets are natural channels for the surplus waters." Taken when "access by car was still possible." A suburban street in S. Cal. is flooded but some cars are still using it.

Wingert, Norman A., 1898-1987

Flooded residential streets with rows of sandbags

CA MAO XV-19.3-1994-14-2160
Item
1969

Part of The Canadian Mennonite photograph collection

Note on back: Appeal for men to help in sandbagging brought good response so MDS did not organize here (where many Mennonite live). 2 views of flooded residential streets with rows of sandbags. End of series from 1994-14.2157 f.

Wingert, Norman A., 1898-1987

Four Children

CA MHC 517-25.0
Item
1914

Part of Catherine Brown Photograph Collection

This is a photo of four children sitting on some steps, most likely in California. Going clockwise from top, possibly Elfrieda Hiebert and Gerda Hiebert with their cousins Margaret Stephenson and Jimmy Stephenson.

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