This photo is a colour photocopy of two young boys feeling the trunk of the Chortitza Oak tree. A building and a large group of people are in the background. There is some Russian writing on the bottom right hand side.

Black and white photo. On left is woman dressed in long, dark, striped dress. She is wearing a light-coloured, floor-length veil, with decoration at the top of the veil. She is holding the elbow of a man who is dressed a dark suit with flowers and a light-coloured ribbon attached to his lapel. He has a goatee and is resting his left hand on the corner of something that is on the right edge of the photograph. Note on back reads: "Mr. & Mrs. Peter Regier Chortitza 20.10.1891" and at bottom "A. P. Regier - Virgil, Ont."

This photo is of the junction of the Dnieper and Chortitza river. Arid looking hills with a few trees are seen along the shoreline. A small shelter can be seen on the rocky shore.

This photo is of members on the tour lead by William Schroeder to Russia on a boat going around the Isle of Chortitza. People are sitting in benches on the top deck.

The big oak tree in the village of Chortitza

This is a photo of a summer view of the Mennonite Church in Chortitza, Chortitza Colony, Russia.

This is a photo of the "century old oak" tree of Chortitza. HR 46. N:338.

The trunk and main branches of the Chortitza Oak tree., taken in the spring or summer. Behind the tree to the right is a group of 8 Ukrainian female dancers in traditional dress, sitting on a railing that encircles the oak tree.

This photo is a colour photocopy of a photo of a group of women in traditional Ukranian dress posing for a photo with the famous Chortitza Oak tree.

This photo is a combination of three photos pieced together by photographer Bill Schroeder on one of his trips/tours of the Ukraine. A road is in the foreground and a low fence surrounds the oak tree. Inside the fence is a few boulders and grass. Behind the grass in the background are smaller trees and a woman a small structure. A modern building can be seen through the trees on the far right in the back. -- Note: this photo is over sized. Bill Schroeder's comments on this picture are:
The famous old oak in the village of Chortitza provided shelter for the first Mennonite immigrants from the Vistula Delta in 1789. The tree is estimated to be about seven hundred years old. It had a height of thirty-six meters (115 feet). The crown had a diameter of forty-three meters (137 feet ), and the trunk had a diameter of about 3.4 meters (about 11 feet). The shape of its leaves was similar through slightly smaller then the leaves of the burr oak common in the prairie states and provinces in North America. Because of its size, great age and unusual shape the Zaporozhian Cossacks, who live in that area till 1774, considered this oak to be sacred. The practice of worshiping an oak tree was a carry-over from per-Christian times (988) when Slavic people worshiped Perun and Svantovit. This magnificent oak served as a natural monument for many years. It was protected by the state and served as a popular tourist attraction. Unfortunately the old oak died during the 1990s. (William Schroeder). See MHC 631.6 for enhanced version.

This is a photo of the teachers and famiiies of the Chortitza Zentralschule in Chortitza, Russia. Standing (left to right): 2nd Dietrich H. Epp, at the end Abram Jakob Wiebe. The women and children, seated, are unknown, except for the lady in the light dress in the middle in front - Charlotte Wassmuss.

This is a photo of the teachers, with their families, of the Teachers' Training School in Chortitza, Russia. Standing ( to right): 3rd person, Dietrich H. Epp, 5th person, Heinrich H. Epp. Seated (left to right): 2nd lady, Mrs. Agnetha Epp, nee Klassen, holding child.

The Teacher's College in the village of Chortitza. It opened in 1913.

A photo of 33 students (all boys) who attended the Zentralschule in Chortitza. The 5 adults on the picture were likely teachers at the school. The photo also has the name Uncle Julius on it.